One fourth of the world’s traded goods cross the Bay of Bengal every year.
As the world’s largest bay, it is also rich in untapped natural resources, with some of the world’s largest fishing stocks, reserves of gas and other sea bed minerals.
A strategic funnel to the Strait of Malacca linking the Indian and Pacific oceans, the region is of pivotal importance for China, Japan and most East and Southeast Asian states seeking to secure their access routes to crucial energy resources in the Gulf and Africa.
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