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The Black Horseman is ‘Saddled-Up’! World’s poorest countries teeter on the brink of economic chaos. World trade suffering decline – UN. The downturn is due to geopolitical tensions and export underperformance from developing nations
14 Dec, 2023 04:23 RT
Global trade will contract by 5% in 2023 compared to last year, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reported this week, expressing a generally negative outlook for 2024. According to the UNCTAD’s estimates, world commerce is expected to amount to approximately $30.7 trillion this year. The UN body projected a decrease in goods trade by about $2 trillion, or 8%, while trade in services is anticipated to grow by approximately $500 billion, or 7%. The UNCTAD attributed the decline in global trade partly to export underperformance from developing countries, as well as geopolitical issues.
“The war in Ukraine, the sanctions on the Russian Federation, and the de-risking in the US-China trade relationship are playing a significant role in shaping key bilateral trade trends,” the report said. “These factors not only impact the economies directly involved but also indirectly influence [the] trade dynamics of other economies.” According to the trade body, high interest rates in some economies have also impeded commercial activity. The UNCTAD’s forecast for international trade in 2024 remained “highly uncertain and generally pessimistic.” “While certain economic indicators hint at potential improvements, persistent geopolitical tensions, high levels of debt, and widespread economic fragility are anticipated to exert negative influences on global trade patterns,” the trade body wrote in summary.
Global trade in jeopardy amid crises at key waterways – FT. Christmas presents may not arrive on time this year due to drought in Panama and shipping attacks near the Suez canal. If attacks near Suez worsen, the combination of two waterways blocked simultaneously would be “catastrophic” for global commerce.
9 Dec, 2023 14:48 RT
Disruptions to the Panama and Suez canals, two of the world’s key trade waterways, are threatening global supply chains, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing ship owners and operators. The Panama canal, a 50-mile-long (80.5km) waterway linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, has been suffering from drought, which has diminished the water level and led to a reduction in the canal’s throughput capacity.
Compared with 238 vessels that transversed the waterway during the first week of December 2022, this year only some 167 made it through, according to trade analysis group MarineTraffic. Many ships were forced to wait up to two weeks to transit, according to the canal authority. The bottleneck has prompted many vessels to detour thousands of miles to avoid costly delays. “That drought in the Panama Canal is a serious concern,” Rolf Habben Jansen, head of German group Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s fifth-largest owner of container ships, told FT. The company earlier announced that it would divert at least 42 of its ships away from the waterway.
Meanwhile, concerns are also mounting around the Suez canal, connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Following the escalation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Yemen-based Houthi rebels launched several attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea, a mere 11,500 kilometers away from the conduit, in a show of support for Hamas. The attacks, allegedly only aimed at ships linked to Israel, could disrupt the canal’s operations, experts warn.
“If the passage through the Suez would become more difficult [as well], that could cause serious disruptions [to global supply chains],” Hapag-Lloyd’s Jansen said. Experts note that shipping disruptions would ultimately lead to a surge in prices.
Analysts warn that the situation could become especially dire during this year’s festive season. “There are supplies that just won’t be here in time for this Christmas,” Marco Forgione, director-general of the UK’s Institute of Export and International Trade, told FT. He added that if attacks near Suez worsened, the combination of two waterways blocked simultaneously would be “catastrophic” for global commerce, and called for changes in cargo transportation.
“Government and business need to be looking at what a resilient supply chain looks like… There is little that can be done for this Christmas. [But] if nothing is done, I think there is a [risk of] shortages through the course of next year,” he warned.
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Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ testifies who is he is and his offer of salvation for mankind, through the forgiveness of their sins, the shedding of his blood and his resurrection. Through the Holy Spirit, Jesus communicates (witnesses) the who, what, where, when, why and how of mankind’s salvation. This is known as the gospel of Jesus Christ. Once again, seven (7) references regarding the Holy Spirit witnessing to Christ denotes God’s divine purpose and plan.
In His Service,
Night Watchman
Paul Rolland
Night Watchman Ministries
Make Your (7) Decision for Christ NOW!!!!!!! Time is Up!!!!!!!
Jesus Christ’s Offer of Salvation:
The ABCs (7) of Salvation through Jesus Christ (the Lamb)
A. (7) Admit/Acknowledge/Accept that you are sinner. Ask (7) God’s forgiveness and repent of your sins.
. . . “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23).
. . . “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8).
B. Believe Jesus is Lord. Believe that (7) Jesus Christ is who He claimed to (7) be; that He was both fully God (7) and fully man and that we are (7) saved through His death, burial, and resurrection. (7) Put your trust in Him as your (7) only hope of salvation. Become a son (7) or daughter of God by receiving Christ. (7777777) 7×7
. . . “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15-17). For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
C. Call upon His name, Confess (7) with your heart and with your lips (7) that Jesus is your Lord and Savior.
. . . “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10).
. . . “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” (John 1:8-10).
. . . “And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (John 2:2).
. . . “In this was manifested the love of god toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” (1 John 4:9, 14-15).
. . . “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.” (Romans 5:8-10).
. . . “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23).
. . . “Jesus saith unto them, I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” (John 14:6).
. . . “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.” (Romans 1:16).
. . . “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts: 4:12).
. . . “Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth for there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” (1 Timothy 2:4-6).
. . . “For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thessalonians 5:9).
. . . “But as many as received him, to them gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” (John 1:12).
True Church / Bride of Christ Spared from God’s Wrath:
Romans 5:8-10. “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.”
Romans 12:19. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 1:10. And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9. For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:35. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Jeremiah 30:7. Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
Revelation 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.