Economics

Shock-Worn World Economy Girds for Supply Jolt in Suez Mess

  • Percentage of global trade affected is comparatively small
  • Disruptions part of doing business in an interconnected world
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Six thousand miles from the Suez Canal in the U.S. Midwest, the chief executive of a multinational maker of industrial adhesives has one eye on the clogged trade artery and another on the ways to minimize the fallout on his $2.8 billion company.