U.S. and China to suspend tit-for-tat port fees
The general ratcheting down of trade war tensions between the U.S. and China following what President Trump called a “truly great meeting” with President Xi of China will see the U.S. suspend
Section 301
Bentzel: Tariffs on Chinese-made port equipment should be reinvested in U.S. maritime
The U.S. has now started charging Section 301 port fees on Chinese built ships (with China imposing tit-for-tat measures in reponse). While most attention has centered on those fees, the latest proposed
Hanwha Ocean U.S. subsidiaries hit by Chinese sanctions
Five U.S. subsidiaries of Korea’s Hanwha Ocean, including Hanwha Philly Shipyard, have been sanctioned by China as part of its response to the U.S. port fees on Chinese owned and built ships
USTR could ease some Section 301 measures on Chinese maritime dominance
The U.S. Trade Representative’s office (USTR) announcement that it would take sweeping measures under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, began a process that included taking into account public comments
USTR reveals fee scales, timing for Section 301 action on China
In a long-expected move, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on April 17 took Section 301 “targeted action to restore American shipbuilding and address China’s unreasonable acts, policies, and practices to dominate the
USTR proposes massive port fees on Chinese-built ships entering U.S. ports
Operators of Chinese built ships could face a service fee of up $1.5 million for each U.S. port call. As we reported earlier, in response to a petition filed by U.S. unions
USTR: China’s dominance of global shipbuilding warrants U.S. action
This won’t come as a surprise to anyone who actually read the full petition filed by U.S. unions back in March 2024, (see our earlier report) but U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador
U.S. Trade Representative to investigate unfair Chinese shipbuilding practices
United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai has taken up a petition that, among other remedies, seeks to see a port charge imposed on Chinese-built ships calling U.S. ports. As we reported
Support grows for USTR to slap U.S. port fees on Chinese-built ships
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) are seeing growing support for their push for the Biden Administration to initiate an investigation into the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) unfair
USTR petition seeks to impose a port fee on Chinese-built ships docking in U.S. ports
U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D.-Wis.) and Bob Casey (D.-Pa.) are throwing their weight behind a coalition of U.S. labor organizations led by the United Steelworkers union (USW) that has filed a Section