Hard Numbers: Danish snap vote, South Korean arms sales boom, global trade slowdown, Haitian anarchy
7: On Wednesday, Danish PM Mette Frederiksen called a snap election seven months before the end of her term, with the ruling center-left bloc tied in the polls with the center-right opposition. Frederiksen's approval has tanked recently due to her role in the government's illegal and botched attempt to cull the country's entire population of … mink.
20 billion: South Korea might export more than $20 billion worth of weapons this year, surpassing China and Germany to become the world's fourth-largest arms exporter. Over the past five years, South Korean arms sales have grown the most of any top exporting country.
1: The WTO says global trade will only grow by 1% next year due to slow Western demand and a sluggish Chinese economy. That'll ease inflation a bit but also raise the odds of a worldwide recession in 2023.
30: Americans were complaining about $5 gasoline just a few months ago, but Haitians now have to cough up a whopping $30 per gallon of gas in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Haiti has been embroiled in a state of near-anarchy since PM Ariel Henry scrapped fuel subsidies and prices doubled overnight. Armed gangs are occupying the main fuel terminal, demanding Henry’s resignation.This article comes to you from the Signal newsletter team of GZERO Media. Sign up today.