Qatar’s war welcome Downunder

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Via the ABC:

Four Arab nations seeking to isolate Qatar over its alleged support for extremist groups have been angered by what they say is a “negative” response by the tiny Gulf nation to their demands for ending crisis in the region.

Ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt met in Cairo to weigh possible further sanctions against Qatar in a dispute that has aroused deep concern among Western allies of the region’s ruling dynasties.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.