Following its investigation into what it concluded was unfair Chinese state support of maritime supply chains, US trade representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer has proposed fees for China-built ships calling at US ports.
At their most extreme, the new fees could amount to $1.5m per ship call for any containerships built in Chinese shipyards, irrespective of the flag the vessel is sailing under or the nationality of its operator.
Last April, under the …
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