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Red Sea shipping crisis to affect global trade, warns UNCTAD

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has raised alarm over the disruption in global trade due to the ongoing crisis in the Red Sea shipping route stating that it would “particularly” hurt developing nations and warned that it is impacting global food prices with longer cargo travel distances and higher freight rates potentially leading to higher costs.

Red Sea Crisis Exposes a Weak Point of Global Maritime Trade

The Houthi movement, a Shia militant group backed by Iran in Yemen’s civil conflict against Saudi Arabia and its allies, asserts its focus is on targeting vessels associated with Israel and its allies to pressure a termination of the Gaza war. The stance has led to numerous commercial ships being attacked or delayed in the crucial maritime passage stretching from the Suez Canal in Egypt through the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab strait, prompting intervention from Western countrie