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Actually no. With some 40% of Pakistani children under 5 stunted, the average Pakistani probably does NOT eat better than the average Britain. https://www.dawn.com/news/1776498 There are numerous ways that having a mother at home is better for the children if that can be done. Ditto for home...

The more private industry gets involved in running (and profiting from) this route, the better chance it has of both happening and running efficiently. While infrastructure building companies might be out to profit from the Billions that the UAE and KSA are apparently willing to throw at this...

You realise that not all debt is the same. You cannot simply just look at the percentage of Debt to GDP. Countries with good credit ratings can borrow at relatively low interest rates. Guess what countries with bad credit rates borrow at? Borrowing at 22% interest is basically selling your...

The logical answer is that a) India, UAE, and Europe want Israeli trade to also flow through this route. KSA too though presumably with some caveats. b) It seems the most logical route if one is trying to avoid Pakistan and the Suez. Some gentleman with apparently a sense of humour in this...

Don't be ridiculous! Perish the thought! 😉 Surely the most appropriate and absolutely IRONIC solution, given the countries involved, would be to stock up on something with a mere 150 km range. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barak_8 😈

President Erdogan unilaterally decided a few years ago that Turkey owned a lot of the Eastern Mediterranean as its Maritime EEZ. Right up to where his EEZ met that of Libya's. Effectively cutting off any pipeline or similar project unless it met his approval...

It's amazing. It would appear from this article that Europe has finally woken up from its slumber about securing raw material sources. China has already been securing these for a decade or two around the world. Maybe someone should be waking them up about raw material PROCESSING? I mean now...

You mean via the IMEC? Well... if the estimates of 30% cheaper and 40% faster compared to the Suez rate are actually true, then there are millions of reasons to do so. Plus the idea is that by opening up a new trade corridor it would get the ME transit countries involved in trading with new...

Alas one of the considerations for those that border said ill-run countries is what will happen if said countries collapse. Which is why the first ever summit last year between the leaders of Egypt, the UAE and Israel focused on the topic of wheat for Egypt. It relies heavily on cheap grains...

Because with the latest transit fee increases a large container ship (for instance) has to pay $625,000 to $675,000 for honour of transiting the Suez Canal. Not including the delays and operational costs. Some types of freight ships currently even prefer going all the way around Africa over...

This is your big chance. Sell the stuff back to Russia. Make sure they pay in hard currency though, none of this Ruble rubbish! 😀 https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Ukraine-war/Russia-buying-back-arms-parts-exported-to-Myanmar-and-India Once upon a time Russia was providing 3/4 of all Indian...

This map or similar is most usually shown, however, indeed, if you stop to think about it, only the Middle East land route portion would have assets fixed in place. The sea routes would be easily subject to change. From Haifa it could ship to any Mediterranean port that joined the seamless...

Where is your source for this beyond your intuition? The working assumption for this trade route is that it will be 40% faster and 30% cheaper than sending Indian goods to Europe via the suez. This is why many of the countries involved are excited over the suggested plan. Apparently they did...

Indeed. In fact it might be an interesting excersize for Pakistan to see who else is on the UAE's list of of FTAs! 😁

Depends on the terms of the FTA. I'm under the impression that FTAs do not necessarily have to include every goods and service known to mankind. However yes, potentially if India can export to the UAE and then back to Pakistan still cheaper than Pakistan can produce (whether due to Pak...

But of course he does. Those gentlemen who just signed an MOU regarding a trade corridor from India to Europe via UAE, KSA, Jordan and Israel (and don't forget Greece) inexplicably somehow forgot to include the country that Erdogan happens to be president of. Similar to the East Med Pipeline...

Mainly rice, bovine carcasses and half carcasses, men's/boys' cotton ensembles, guavas, and mangoes. Of course, as an aside, in practice, depending on the exact FTAs you sign, you are also FTAing with all the other countries with which that country has FTAs. 😀

Many people misunderstand the Chinese priorities in building infrastructure projects. If such projects are profitable directly or indirectly, or in the case of overseas projects have important geostrategic collateral if not repaid or they further China's influence in the region, well this is all...

Should be interesting if this trade corridor ever becomes a reality. Especially if part of the impetus is an Indian alternative to the Chinese BRI. It would mean that China itself has helped develop part of that alternative. A terminal in that very port. 😀...

Not really. I hope that Bangladesh climbs out of its economic woes. I just happen to think that the country has enough existential priorities to worry about before 5th Gen fighters.