
US may delay, or drop, fees on China-linked vessels
In a move likely to please shipping companies, the U.S. announced it may delay the Nov. 10 date for reactivating a port fee that would cost Chinese ships docking at American ports millions of dollars. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) proposed extending, by two months, its pause on Section 301 maritime fees and related duties aimed at China’s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors. The announcement, posted in the Federal Register on Oct. 23 raised hopes for negotiations that will kill
