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BREAKINGVIEWS-A global energy squeeze is now unavoidable: podcast

ReutersMar 12, 2026 5:15 AM

By Aimee Donnellan and Jonathan Guilford

DUBLIN/NEW YORK, March 12 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript.

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Though investors are still pricing in a swift end to the Middle East conflict, the disruption to oil and gas flows from the region is producing early signs of stress. In this week’s Viewsroom, Breakingviews columnists debate how bad the economic and political fallout could get.

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