A U.S. proposal to impose cumulative, severe, financial penalties on China-connected shipping calling at the U.S. could lead to widespread business failures, increasing unemployment in the United States, a disruption of import and export trades, disruption to U.S. markets (multiple sectors) and ongoing supply chain disruption. Words like “disastrous”, “reckless” and “catastrophic” have been used...

Terrorist groups plaguing shipping in the Red Sea have resumed attacks on warships in the area, after the U.S. launched a series of air strikes in Yemen on or about Saturday 15 March. After Hamas, a political-militant group, carried out terrorist atrocities in Israel on 7 October 2023, this led to the Israeli invasion of...