Learn English – Position of adverb ‘globally’ in sentence and meaning of sentence

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Please help me make sense of this sentence with regards to 'globally'.

In the global arena, xxxxxx has been
described as the solution to the
challenges facing the commodities market globally as a result of the
market situation caused by the current
global economic crisis.

Would placing global in front of challenges change the meaning of the sentence?

In the global arena, xxxxxx has been
described as the solution to the
global challenges facing the commodities market as a result of the
market situation caused by the current
global economic crisis.

Are there other ways of writing this sentence to make the different meanings clearer?

Best Answer

You are right to prefer "global challenges" to "challenges facing the commodities market globally," but both sentences overuse use global. I would suggest dropping the first clause altogether, and recasting the sentence to something like this:

XXX has been described as a solution to the global challenges that face the commodities market during the current economic crisis.

or

XXX has been described as a solution to the challenges that face the commodities market during the current global economic crisis.

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