These include labour, equipment and service sector constraints and geopolitical risks (such as resource nationalism and the risk of disruptions as supply routes become longer and have to cross more borders) [emphasis added].

Is it just me or does that translate roughly into:

If our former colonies decide to use their new-found sovereignty to insist that we don't exploit their natural resources (at least not without paying them their fair share), then we are royally screwed.

Nah... Neo-colonialism from the neo-liberalists? Can't be! They're all about freedom ain't they? Or is that just for rich, white people?

Bleh!

- Jake

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