Hormuz closure could trigger 'agrifood shock', price crisis within a year
mooreds
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May 20, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
martythemaniak
Tough problem! Perhaps the US commentariat should listen to Thomas Friedman's wisdom and start loudly hectoring the rest of the world to step up and fix this problem.
jalapenoj
It’s a sacrifice israel is willing to make.
hersko
Here are two articles Reuters wrote about how the war in Ukraine was going to do something similar in 2022[1][2]. Make of this what you will. [1] https://www.reuters.com/graphics/UKRAINE-CRISIS/FOOD/zjvqkgo... [2] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-war-ukraine-bla...
SaucyWrong
The knock-on effects of a prolonged Hormuz closure will coincide nicely with those of a super El Niño, if one develops as predicted this year.