The US Trade Representative's (USTR) announcement is less severe than a plan floated in February to hit vessels produced by ...

By Jonathan Saul, Lisa Baertlein, David Lawder and Andrea Shalal LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The Trump administration shielded on ...

New U.S. port fees target Chinese ships to boost domestic shipbuilding and counter China's industry dominance.

Under the new cargo ship rules, Chinese ships will be required to pay a fee per tonnage or container. The fee will be applied ...

Under the measures, Chinese ship owners and operators will initially be charged $50 per ton of cargo, rising by $30 a ton ...

The Donald Trump administration has said it will increase port fees on China-built vessels from October 14. Chinese-built and ...

The AAFA still opposes the fees, arguing that they will reduce U.S. trade that could both result in losses for American ...

China warned that the new fees on Chinese built and operated ships would be 'detrimental to all parties' as Washington seeks ...

The Trump administration took steps to impose levies on Chinese vessels docking at US ports, threatening to shake up global shipping routes and escalate the trade war between the world’s two biggest ...

The action plan, developed after a year-long investigation and public consultation, will be implemented in two phases.

Plaskett confirmed on Thursday that the Virgin Islands falls within a 2,000-nautical-mile exemption outlined in Annex II of the USTR’s formal Notice of Action issued April 17, 2025​. That provision ...