Trump 'schooled' by Iran in diplomatic negotiation
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Welcome to Monday’s Economy Watch where we follow the economic events and trends that affect Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I'm David Chaston and this is the international edition from Interest.co.nz.
Today we lead with news the coming week will be largely about the Strait of Hormuz and whether the US-Iran agreements will hold and traffic resumes at scale. But we start the week with a pessimistic outlook. Iran says it has closed the Strait (again) and it will remain closed until the US honours its commitment to get Israel to stop invading Lebanon. The US seems unable to do that and responded…
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