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Supply chains are fragile. And they pull parts of the globalized world into closer commercial proximity than ever before. Image: VIA REUTERS

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A view shows the stranded container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it ran aground, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

The container ship Ever Given after it ran aground in the Suez Canal in March 2021. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

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