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Geopolitics at the bottleneck: The battle for the most important trade routes

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In the future, important sea routes could become permanent costly bottlenecks — with potential consequences for trade, supply chains and the global economy. A topic that is more far-reaching than it seems at first glance.

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By Barbara Barkhausen

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In the future, important sea routes could become permanent costly bottlenecks — with potential consequences for trade, supply chains and the global economy. A topic that is more far-reaching than it seems at first glance.

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