The Red Sea, a vital artery for global trade through the Suez Canal, is facing heightened tension due to attacks on commercial ships by Houthi rebels in Yemen. Major shipping companies and oil giants, like BP, have temporarily halted operations in the Red Sea. What are the economic and geopolitical implications of terror disrupting trade routes? Why should India be concerned about the stall at the Suez ? Host Anirban Chowdhury and ET Infra’s P Manoj gets the economic evaluation from Christian Roeloffs, Founder & CEO - Container xChange, Commodore Uday Bhaskar, retired Navy officer & Director of the Society for Policy Studies (SPS) and Sunil Vaswani, executive director at Container Shipping Lines Association breaking down the geopolitical risk for the region on The Morning Brief podcast.

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