Lloyds’s List reports:
MOST of the shipping industry dodged a bullet when the US Trade Representative watered down port fees for Chinese ships this month. There was a palpable sense of relief.
Enter the SHIPS for America Act, which was reintroduced on Wednesday and includes new language on charging port fees to non-Chinese operators ordering at Chinese yards — a policy that was rejected in the final USTR decision.
The SHIPS Act was first introduced in …
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