Australia’s Energy Problems Are East Asia’s Energy Problems

The knock-on effects for big buyers like China, Japan and South Korea could be severe.

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Much has been said about how badly the rise in global commodities has affected import-dependent economies – and rightly so. Yet some export-oriented countries are getting hammered too. Australia, for example, is one of the world’s largest coal and gas exporters but nonetheless faced domestic shortages of both amid an energy supply crisis. Naturally, this […]

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