Beyond energy chokepoints: Breaking the Hormuz stranglehold
Why Asia’s green hydrogen success is a critical path to sovereignty
ASIAN markets are breathing a collective, if shaky, sigh of relief – for now.
At the time of writing, Brent crude had fallen to US$87.44 a barrel – a staggering US$32 drop from the peak of nearly US$120 on Mar 9.
In response, the Kospi has surged 9 per cent and the Nikkei 225 is up nearly 4.8 per cent, clawing back ground lost during the peak of the Musaffah 2 crisis, where a United Arab Emirates-flagged tugboat was hit by explosions at the Strait of Hormuz.
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