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US Plans New Docking Fees Targeting Ships Linked to China<\/strong><\/p>\n The United States is considering a new policy that would impose fees on ships docking at its ports if they are part of a fleet that includes vessels built in China or flying the Chinese flag. This move is part of a draft executive order aimed at boosting domestic shipbuilding and reducing China’s influence over the global shipping market.<\/p>\n The initiative, which is being discussed by President Donald Trump’s administration, highlights a growing concern among U.S. lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat, about China’s increasing control of maritime trade and the decreasing readiness of the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n Currently, Chinese shipbuilders produce over half of the world’s merchant vessel cargo capacity. This rise is substantial compared to just 5% in 1999 and has come at the expense of shipbuilders in Japan and South Korea. In contrast, U.S. shipbuilding has dramatically declined since its peak in the 1970s.<\/p>\n The draft order, dated February 27, suggests that any ship entering a U.S. port could face these fees as long as it is part of a fleet that includes Chinese-built or flagged vessels. As of now, there has been no response from U.S. or Chinese officials regarding this proposal.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" US Plans New Docking Fees Targeting Ships Linked to China The United States is considering a new policy that would impose fees on ships docking at its ports if they are part of a fleet that includes vessels built in China or flying the Chinese flag. This move is part of a draft executive order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[1113,300,403],"class_list":["post-7909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-china","tag-donald-trump","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}