US lawmakers mull port fee to fight China’s shipbuilding dominance

A union proposal seeking to blunt China’s growing dominance in the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors is finding bipartisan support among U.S. Congressional lawmakers, based on remarks made at a recent U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing.

The Congressional hearing, as well as the unions’ petitionbefore the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), reflect a growing concern among lawmakers and the private sector that China’s exponential growth in shipbuilding and in producing...

https://container-news.com/us-lawmakers-mull-port-fee-to-fight-chinas-shipbuilding-dominance/

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