trade route

Children’s eyes glazed over at “The Phantom Menace’s” opening crawl: “The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute.”

The attacks have sunk vessels and forced many shipping companies to stop using the Red Sea - a major global trade route through which almost 15% of seaborne trade passes.

"We are very disappointed by the lack of speed and urgency in the Welsh government's response to the closure of a crucial European trade route," he said.

But he will also accuse Putin of "playing games" with the agreement for a naval ceasefire, which would allow the reopening of trade routes in the Black Sea.

After announcing the agreement on Tuesday, Washington said all parties would continue working toward a "durable and lasting peace", adding that the agreement would reopen an important trade route.