China could impose its own punitive port charges and bar ships in U.S. services under new regulations that raise the stakes in the trans-Pacific trade war with the United States. Join the leaders shaping freight’s future atF3: Future of Freight Festival, Oct 21-22.Network with the industry’s best and discover what’s next. China’s State Council amended regulations…
The ministry said on Friday that the measures were “typical non-market practices with obvious discriminatory characteristics” and Beijing was “strongly dissatisfied [with] and firmly opposed” to them. “The US measures fully expose the unilateralist and protectionist nature of its policies,” it said. “They seriously harm the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies, disrupt the…
Hong Kong authorities have condemned the US’ imposition of port fees on Chinese vessels docking in the country, calling the actions “blatantly discriminatory” and “deliberately dividing the international maritime community”. The government on Friday night hit out at new port fees announced by US President Donald Trump administration’s on vessels owned, operated or constructed by…
Hong Kong authorities have condemned the US’ imposition of port fees on Chinese vessels docking in the country, calling the actions “blatantly discriminatory” and “deliberately dividing the international maritime community”. The government on Friday night hit out at new port fees announced by US President Donald Trump administration’s on vessels owned, operated or constructed by…
By Lisa Baertlein, Karl Plume and Timothy Gardner LOS ANGELES/CARLSBAD, Calififornia (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad….