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Saudi China Link 0:42

Russian Debt Default 4:09

Semiconductor Shortage Again 10:59

Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales - WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollars-for-chinese-oil-sales-11647351541

What to expect as Russia warns of historic debt default | Financial Times

https://www.ft.com/content/9ed033f2-eaa4-4cce-974d-78592a3075af

Explainer: How Russia’s war in Ukraine is shuffling US alliances in Latin America | International | denvergazette.com

https://denvergazette.com/ap/international/explainer-how-russia-s-war-in-ukraine-is-shuffling-us-alliances-in-latin-america/article_f09839a2-4046-5971-8341-3720ad3364d4.html

War in Ukraine disrupts key supply chains - and lives | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-europe-texas-2d6a87d8b0af4b4b4872a1b8fd0f276d

China Covid Outbreak Has World Economy Bracing for Supply-Chain Crisis - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-15/world-economy-braces-for-supply-hit-as-china-battles-covid-again

China COVID lockdown: Country locks down 51 million amid worst coronavirus crisis since 2020 Wuhan outbreak - ABC7 Los Angeles

https://abc7.com/covid-china-locks-down-9-million-lockdown-outbreak/11650602/

Inflation surge, war cloud Fed's interest rate trajectory | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/inflation-surge-war-cloud-feds-interest-rate-trajectory-2022-03-15/