# global shipping

Cornered on Two Fronts: Middle East Escalation and a Court-Ordered Tariff Refund Put New U.S. Administration Under Strain

A sudden escalation of attacks between the United States, Israel and Iran has spread across the Gulf, disrupting energy and shipping and threatening higher inflation. At the same time, U.S. courts have ordered the rollback and likely refunding of large parts of President Trump’s tariff regime, removing a key foreign-policy and economic lever and exposing the administration to significant fiscal and political strain.