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Oil, dollars, and debt: How safe is the Middle East from the global trade war?

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81% Informative

The global trade war triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump shows no sign of abating.

The blow to growth from a trade war is likely to hurt the price of oil the mainstay of the region's economy.

There are also immediate costs to countries whose currencies are pegged to the dollar Saudi Arabia , the UAE , Qatar , Oman , and Bahrain .

Jordan is the most vulnerable country in the region to the tariff wars.

VR Score

86

Informative language

88

Neutral language

64

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

58

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not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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1

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