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Bypassing Malacca: How Thailand's $36B Kra Land Bridge Will Reshape Global Trade
Every single day, a quarter of the world's trade squeezes through the heavily congested Malacca Strait. But what if there was a multi-billion dollar shortcut that could change global shipping forever.In this episode, we dive deep into Thailand's ambitious Kra Land Bridge, an 28–36 billion infrastructure megaproject designed to bypass one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints. We explore why the legendary "Kra Canal" was abandoned due to $30 billion construction costs and geopolitical fears, and how this new 80 to 120-kilometer overland corridor of highways, railways, and pipelines will…
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