# Peace Talks, Oil Shock and Qatar's Economic Contraction

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Podcast: [Morning Drive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/morning-drive-7382993)
Published: 2026-07-08T05:21:53+00:00
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Tim Elliott sits down with AGBI - Arabian Gulf Business Insight Editor-at-large Frank Kane Frank Kane to analyse why Qatar faces a 14% economic contraction. Despite ongoing peace talks, severe infrastructure attacks at Ras Laffan and total reliance on the volatile Strait of Hormuz leave the energy giant uniquely vulnerable to a prolonged, multiyear recession.

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