USTR petition seeks to impose a port fee on Chinese-built ships docking in U.S. ports

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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 301 petition, calling on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to initiate an investigation of Chinese commercial shipbuilding. The petition is for “for relief under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended” and calls for remedies that include levying a port fee on Chinese-built...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/ustr-petition-seeks-to-impose-a-port-fee-on-chinese-built-ships-docking-in-u-s-ports/

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