Trump’s war in Iran exposes US’s shift from a global guardian to an arbiter of chaos
The article examines the economic impacts of the Iran war on global energy markets, highlighting disparities in regional resilience and critiquing U.S. policies. It contrasts the U.S. economy's relative stability with declines in other nations, while discussing trade disruptions and geopolitical tensions.
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“To shield ordinary Indians from the war in Iran, the government in Delhi redirected supplies of liquefied gas to Indian families, for which it is the main cooking fuel, limiting supplies to the plastics industry.”
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“The Nepalese government rationed gas and the Philippines trimmed the government workweek to four days.”
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“Bangladesh closed universities and rationed fuel.”
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“Economies in Asia import over a third of the energy they consume, on average.”
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“Korea imports four-fifths; Japan nine-tenths; Thailand 55%.”
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“Most of this comes from the Gulf.”
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“About 80% of oil and oil products transiting through the strait of Hormuz in 2025 was destined for Asia, according to the International Energy Agency.”
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“Traffic through its waters has collapsed by 90%.”
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“By 20 March the MSCI index of European stocks had fallen about 11% since the start of the war, more than the 9% fall of the MSCI Asia index.”
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“The S&P 500 index has lost a relatively modest 5% since the beginning of Trump’s war.”
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“The data speaks to the relative resilience of the US economy and, especially, its abundance of domestic natural gas, which satisfies about 36% of its energy needs.”
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“According to the International Monetary Fund’s latest revisions to its growth forecasts, the US economy has emerged largely unscathed.”
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“In January, before the US started bombing Iran, the IMF forecast that American GDP would grow 2.4% this year, almost 0.4 percentage points more than it forecast in October of 2024.”
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“The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the latest multinational organization to assess the damage inflicted by the war started by the United States and Israel.”
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“If energy prices remain persistently high, it forecast, merchandise trade growth this year will slow from 1.9% to 1.5%.”
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“About 70% of Brazil’s and 40% of India’s urea imports, essential to their agriculture sector, come from the Gulf through the strait of Hormuz.”
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“Gulf nations import most of their food: 75% of their rice comes through the strait, as well as more than 90% of their corn, soybeans and vegetable oil.”
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“Countries like Bangladesh, India and Pakistan will be hit by the inevitable drop in remittances from millions of their citizens working in Gulf countries as the war takes a toll on the regional economy.”
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“The disruption of the oil and gas economy isn’t even good for the climate. Environmental warriors may bet it will encourage the world to embrace renewable sources of energy. But the first order impact in Asia, at least, has been to reinvigorate interest in coal.”
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