Every Global Trade Chokepoint Explained
Every Global Trade Chokepoint Explained
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Carrying about 90% of trade, maritime shipping and the waterways they pass through are vital to the global economy, with various narrow straits and canals having major impacts. So where are these chokepoints on global trade and…
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Why did you mention Shanghai, but show Singapore on the picture😂
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These educational videos are really cool! Thank you for making them.
You forgot to add Bashi Channel, which is also a choke point between Taiwan and the Philippines.
Love these topics about general world geopolitics and overall strategic dynamics, every now and then it feels refreshing to have an all rounded, global point of view to put more regional news into perspective. As always, good job TLDR!
Cant grow food..witout water…. money/trade isnt any good, if we're starving.
Yemen have the right for their water security.
Imagine if China decide to fish in the Mexican Gulf … or build a Comerce checkpoint between Florida and Cuba on Cuba water?
Americans would meltdown haha
English Channel is more of a choke point than the straights of Malacca 😂
just go around the horn like a gentleman
Mexico’s Interoceanic Corridor in Tehuantepec for the win!
Metric!
It is normally pronounced "hor-mooz" with a long "u".
Why don’t they use the Sunda Strait instead of the Malacca Strait?
Honestly what's the big deal if the Strait of Hormuz hypothetically gets blocked? The Mediterranean isn't that far off by a land route. Just send everything through either Egypt of Sudia Arabia, losing this choke isn't nearly the same deal as being forced to switch from the Suez Canal to going around Africa.
If you want know where the choke points are just read the map of the former British empire
I think one overlooked things is how critical certain rivers are to global trade. Like the Mississippi in the US handles around 75% of tonnage as the Danish Straights and that all uncorks at New Orleans, a very disaster prone city.
Jesus, what an annoying accent
And then there is the arctic route that will be a better alternarive to the suez and guess who has the biggest arctic coast, the most amount of the acrtic infractructure, port and icebreakers.
While lower in economic implications, the Danish Straights and the Straights of the Bosporus could have strategic importance.
From this video it's very clear why South Africa is interesting in prolonging the Gaza conflict as much as possible, by hampering Israel's efforts to bring an end to Hamas. They are profiting off the conflict in a big way, with nearly all European shipping having to stop there.
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@4:13 you say Shanghai but the map show Singapore…
The problem with the strait of Malacca is that when China starts taking active military action against Taiwan and other areas, they will be blocked from that strait and any detour in the area because they will all be in proximity to nations what will end up being hostile to permitting China to send ships through their waters. That's a big part of the whole "9 dash line" (which became ten dashes this year), control of and access to important trade routes.
The world is getting smaller and smaller.
For those wondering how the Royal Navy ended up controlling the seas during the empire period, this is how, control all the chokepoints.
Want to enter or exit the Mediterranean? Got to go through Gibraltar and Suez (both were historically British controlled. The Brits still have airbases in Cyprus to replace the Suez role).
Want to sail around South America or Africa, the Falklands and South Africa said hello?
Want to go through the Strait of Malacca? Singapore says hello.
All are current or former British colonies
Neat
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Very useful…. In terms of environmental impact, it probably wouldn’t hurt to make these points unusable. Certain activities would become cost prohibitive.
05:48 there is certainly no snow at the Malacca straight.
It's marvelous how much wealth flow in the world is dependent on such narrow passages. Could you do a video on how these trade routes are kept open and policed? and how this plays out among larger players like China and US?
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Panama canal is done… the next few years will only be worse and traffic will gradually lower… yes with some exceptions… now transcontinental infrastructure will be the word
I used to have alot of respect for the Americans role as the world's police. But since they have have defending Israel over its war crimes, i think this is yet another corrupt police force.