CHARLEBOIS: Can’t bomb your way out of a logistical bottleneck

Dr. Sylvain Charlebois writes, "The absence of a credible strategy to safeguard one of the world’s most vital trade routes is now translating into higher costs for consumers."

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By: Dr. Sylvain Charlebois

Sylvain Charlebois is director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, co-host of The Food Professor Podcast and visiting scholar at McGill University

When officials from the United States and Iran walked away from negotiations in Pakistan this weekend with no deal on the Strait of Hormuz, market…