Permanent Cape rerouting

Outcomes below — each % shown is the overall probability of that full chain occurring

• Freight rates lock in higher floor

  Carriers reprice long-term contracts 40-60% above pre-crisis levels; buffer inventory becomes standard; logistics costs embedded in CPI.

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  Policy lens —WTO members invoke trade-disruption provisions to justify temporary tariff suspensions on affected goods; EU and US trade representatives convene freight-inflation emergency consultations; IMO formalises the Cape route as the standard Asia-Europe lane pending Red Sea security clearance.

  Trade lens —ZIM locks in long-term-contract premium; PLD captures safety-stock REIT demand; WMT carries import-cost inflation on margin. · meaningful · slow

  40%~15% joint→
  Scenario?Authored AI-hypothesis estimate of whether this top-level scenario materialises over the stated horizon. Anchored to historical base rates where applicable. Not a market-calibrated forecast. See /scenarios/methodology.70%×Branch?Conditional probability: GIVEN the parent scenario materialises, the share of that probability mass we estimate falls in this branch. Sums to 100% across siblings. See /scenarios/methodology.55%×Outcome?Conditional probability: GIVEN the parent scenario materialises, the share of that probability mass we estimate falls in this branch. Sums to 100% across siblings. See /scenarios/methodology.40%=Path?Joint probability of this entire path = product of every step. Rounded to nearest 5%; "<5%" shown rather than 0% because rounding to zero overclaims certainty. See /scenarios/methodology.~15%
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• Canal revenues collapse, Egypt crisis

  Suez transit fees drop 60%+; Egypt loses $6B+ annual revenue; IMF emergency package required; pound devalues sharply.

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  Policy lens —Cairo enters IMF Article IV emergency consultations and imposes capital controls; GCC creditors negotiate a bilateral liquidity bridge; the Arab League convenes an extraordinary session on Suez revenue and regional economic contagion.

  Trade lens —Egyptian pound devalues sharply and EGX risk premium blows out; gold (GLD) catches EM-crisis bid; Tangier Med routing names benefit at Egypt expense. · structural · slow

  35%~15% joint→
  Scenario?Authored AI-hypothesis estimate of whether this top-level scenario materialises over the stated horizon. Anchored to historical base rates where applicable. Not a market-calibrated forecast. See /scenarios/methodology.70%×Branch?Conditional probability: GIVEN the parent scenario materialises, the share of that probability mass we estimate falls in this branch. Sums to 100% across siblings. See /scenarios/methodology.55%×Outcome?Conditional probability: GIVEN the parent scenario materialises, the share of that probability mass we estimate falls in this branch. Sums to 100% across siblings. See /scenarios/methodology.35%=Path?Joint probability of this entire path = product of every step. Rounded to nearest 5%; "<5%" shown rather than 0% because rounding to zero overclaims certainty. See /scenarios/methodology.~15%
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• Supply chain nearshoring accelerates

  Shipping cost and reliability shock accelerates decisions to move production closer to end markets; Asian export model loses edge.

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  Policy lens —Washington accelerates bilateral nearshoring investment treaties with Mexico and Poland; the EU activates its Strategic Autonomy supply-chain diversification instruments; Beijing and Hanoi face coordinated market-access reviews from trading partners as production shifts accelerate.

  Trade lens —Mexican peso and Polish FDI flows accelerate; industrial real estate (AMT) and distributed-power (GNRC, CMI) bid; Chinese and Vietnamese export beta compresses. · structural · slow

  25%~10% joint→
  Scenario?Authored AI-hypothesis estimate of whether this top-level scenario materialises over the stated horizon. Anchored to historical base rates where applicable. Not a market-calibrated forecast. See /scenarios/methodology.70%×Branch?Conditional probability: GIVEN the parent scenario materialises, the share of that probability mass we estimate falls in this branch. Sums to 100% across siblings. See /scenarios/methodology.55%×Outcome?Conditional probability: GIVEN the parent scenario materialises, the share of that probability mass we estimate falls in this branch. Sums to 100% across siblings. See /scenarios/methodology.25%=Path?Joint probability of this entire path = product of every step. Rounded to nearest 5%; "<5%" shown rather than 0% because rounding to zero overclaims certainty. See /scenarios/methodology.~10%
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Information cutoff: 2026-05-21 · Authored: AI-generated, council-reviewed · Live signal counts updated hourly