trade route
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As my colleague Fred Kaplan explained yesterday, Iranian hard-liners want to keep control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key trade route.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Its powerful Revolutionary Guards have been stopping vessels trying to transit the trade route in recent days, including six that state television on Monday said had sailed outside Iran's designated route.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The beverage’s roots go back to 1565, when the Manila-Acapulco galleon trade route began between Mexico and the Philippines, permanently altering both countries’ culinary trajectories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
As restrictions remain on the vital trade route, Americans are beginning to see financial impacts beyond the gas pump.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026
Perhaps the Austronesian colonists of Madagascar reached India from Indonesia by that eastern trade route and then fell in with the westward trade route to East Africa, where they joined with Africans and discovered Madagascar.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
