Israel-Iran strikes adds economic risk

以伊冲突加剧经济风险

Business Matters

2025-06-14

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How could the Israel-Iran attacks impact the global economy? We speak to experts on the region. What's happening with global shipping? We speak to a company which transports freight in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. Also, what about the health of the Israeli economy? We hear from the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel.
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  • Well, think Tocara's joining us.

  • Colin Peacock is with us as well,

  • presenter of Media Watch on Radio New Zealand in Wellington.

  • Hi Colin.

  • Yes, hi, I'm here.

  • Nice to see you.

  • Good to have you with us.

  • There's one big story today, of course, and it's about Israel,

  • which says its offensive against Iran is going to continue.

  • It's carried out new waves of strikes hitting Iranian nuclear facilities in the past couple of hours.

  • Iran has been retaliating by firing a barrage of missiles and drones towards cities like Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

  • Israeli media saying dozens of people are now in hospital.

  • We'll get the latest from our correspondent, Jake Kwon, who's monitoring the story.

  • story from Washington.

  • The latest I've seen Jake is about a new wave of strikes on Jerusalem.

  • That's right.

  • And Washington's position on this matter seems to be evolving pretty quickly in the past 24 hours.

  • They first said that this was all Israel's doing and that the U.S. had nothing to do with it and they were distancing themselves from the preemptive attack.

  • But what we're hearing now is that Washington really embracing the attack more openly now.

  • We heard from President Donald Trump that the U.S. had been told ahead of the attack by the Israelis and that he called the attack an excellent attack and he praised the great American equipment,