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· Mouza Hasan Almarzooqi, director of the Economic Studies Department, TRENDS Research and Advisory
Securing energy and trade flows in geo-economic conflicts
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Decades ago, the world treated global trade as a neutral ground that helped energy markets in becoming more integrated, as we still see them today. The standard view in policy circles was that trade made countries more secure and stable. Governments therefore now use tariffs and export controls as a chokepoint of power. Today interdependence between countries became a double-edged sword. Europe, for instance, faced this back in 2022, when the Russian gas that it long treated as a reliable commo
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