UNITED States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has held a second round of hearings on Monday in Washington on port fees for China-built, -owned and -operated ships docking at American ports. The punitive fees are meant to blunt China’s maritime dominance and help kick-start US shipbuilding. Public comments ahead of the USTR’s first hearing in April led to dramatic changes, notably from a scheme of blanket charges on all ships to fees based on net tonnage and number of containers carried....
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