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USTR targets China’s maritime and shipbuilding tactics

On April 17, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) took targeted action to restore American shipbuilding and address what it says are China’s “unreasonable acts, policies, and practices to dominate the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors.” These responsive actions come after a year-long Section 301 investigation, which included the USTR convening a two-day public hearing, receiving nearly 600 public comments, and consulting with government agency experts and USTR...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/ustr-targets-chinas-maritime-and-shipbuilding-tactics/

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 trade practices in commercial shipbuilding. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) have now joined Baldwin and Casey’s push in support of the United Steelworkers (USW) petition under Section 301 of the Trade Act of...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/legislation/support-grows-for-ustr-to-slap-u-s-port-fees-on-chinese-built-ships/

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 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/