KathmanduThe August 26 floods washed away border trade routes.
Nepal’s thin trade link to China just got thinner, pushing it back onto India’s ports.
A landlocked state’s foreign policy runs on which mountain passes stay open, and the monsoon closed several.
Importers now face longer routes as global food prices sit near a four-year high.
How each outlet framed it
- The Diplomat
- links disaster's geopolitical consequences to disruption of Nepal's China investment strategy
Sources: The Diplomat