North Korea sanctions should not have much market impact

Some commentators are justifying the recent surge in a number of industrial commodity prices on the prospect of lower available supply as a result of the latest sanctions on North Korea. However, we are sceptical that this will translate into tighter markets and think that the latest price rallies will fizzle out.

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