Economy #106 · Listening

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Question 1 of 6What is the analysis about?

Question 2 of 6What position are the ports competing for?

Question 3 of 6What risk follows if every country builds the same giant port?

Question 4 of 6Which ports will succeed, according to analysts?

Question 5 of 6What does regional integration propose?

Question 6 of 6Why is integration hard to achieve?

Vocabulary

الْمَوَانِئports

تَتَوَالَىkeep coming, follow one another

أَرْصِفَةberths, quays

رَافِعَاتcranes

مَنَاطِقُ حُرَّةٌfree zones

طَاقَةٌ فَائِضَةٌsurplus capacity

تَتَهَاوَىcollapse

جُمْرُكِيَّةcustoms

صِنَاعَاتٌ تَحْوِيلِيَّةٌmanufacturing

تَكَامُلٌ إِقْلِيمِيٌّregional integration