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"A canal on one side of the planet is broken? Just use the canal on the other side of the planet."

I'm enjoying that sentiment very much. I wonder if there's a mileage breakdown of China -> US (around South America) versus China -> US (through the Suez Canal).

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Very roughly, it's the same distance from Hong Kong to New York through either Panama or Suez.

Like if one raises transit tolls the ships can immediately chose to go through the other.

But to directly answer your wish, this site does exactly what you want https://sea-distances.org/

Today it might be China -> USA via Cape - which is a long way.

This is going to speed up the export decline from China to US.

In 2023, among key trading partners, exports to the U.S. led the decline, down 13% from the previous year.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Trade/China-s-annual-exports...

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