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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves global trade in tatters

FILE - The tanker Sun Arrows loads its cargo of liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin-2 project in the Pacific Ocean port of Prigorodnoye, Russia, on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers but also generating inflationary ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions. (AP Photo/File) FILE - Harbor cranes are seen at the trade port in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. Ukranian and Russian ports in the Black Sea are major hubs for wheat and corn, but traffic in and out has ground to a halt, effectively shutting down the world’s second-largest grain exporting region. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File) FILE - A delivery man prepares packages as another man walks past an advertisement for cargo services to countries including Russia at a trading center on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Beijing. Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers but also generating inflationary ripple effects across a world still struggling to overcome pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) FILE - A sign in the vodka area of a Pennsylvania Fine Wine and Good Spirits store reflects the state's decision to withdraw Russian-made products for sale, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Harmony, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) FILE - Farmers use combines to harvest a wheat field near the village Tbilisskaya, Russia, on July 21, 2021. Russia accounts for 30% of wheat exports, which means that poorer countries that depend on imports could face major supply shocks. (AP Photo/Vitaly Timkiv, File) FILE - A Russian flagged cargo ship docks in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, northern France, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022 . French officials say marines patrolling the English Channel area have intercepted the ship sailing under the Russian flag and escorted it to the port of Boulogne-Sur-Mer for an investigation. The interception of the ship, carrying cars, early Saturday was triggered by financial sanctions levied days ago against Russia for its invasion of the Ukraine. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File) FILE - Cargo ship Oakland crosses the Bosphorus strait towards the Marmara sea after departing from Russia's Novorossiysk port, in Istanbul, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Turkey, which is trying to balance its support for Ukraine with its fragile economic ties to Russia, said Monday it is implementing an international convention that allows the country to shut down the straits at the entrance of the Black Sea to warships, to avoid an escalation of the conflict. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)