The Economic Times

The stunning way China is using America's own playbook to hit the US where it hurts most, and Washington has no idea how to respond

China Detains Panama-Flagged Ships: Nearly 70 Panamanian vessels held in Chinese ports. COSCO suspending operations at Balboa. A $2 billion arbitration lawsuit. How a Hong Kong port concession turned into a full-scale geopolitical confrontation and why your supply chain may already be feeling it. When China detains Panama-flagged ships at record rates, it isn't only squeezing a small Central American nation. It is disrupting a global logistics ecosystem that the United States depends on more than most.