In a spat over post-Brexit fishing rights, France has announced it will close nearly all of its ports to boats from the UK and has detained a British fishing vessel. France’s European affairs minister announced that besides a few exceptions, all of the ports would be inaccessible by British boats.

According to local reports, an influx of Chinese ships has populated the South China Sea. For strategic context on the meaning of this activity and what business leaders should do about it see: C-Suite Considerations Regarding Current Geopolitical Tensions Although the boats appear to be fishing boats, they are not