Rising oil and fertilizer costs linked to Middle East tensions could affect food prices, but the effects will vary across products and may take time to fully emerge.
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The agreement labor leaders and management reached will suspend the strike until at least Jan. 15, 2025. There will be more time for additional collective bargaining and negotiations.
US workers in general are finding themselves in an increasingly precarious position.
The US attacks on military sites in Iraq and Syria are unlikely to further escalate conflict in the Middle East, he writes.
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Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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