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6 days ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
The Trump administration on Thursday finalised port fees on Chinese vessels docking in the US, a move that is likely to threaten the global shipping industry and trade. The decision has prompted Chinese shippers to rush to review the 42-page document released by the United States Trade Representative (USTR). The phased plan targets Chinese-owned, operated and built ships, and fees will be incrementally raised.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
Container shipping traffic is plummeting along transpacific sea routes as the United States’ tariff policies cast a chill over global trade, forcing shipping companies to cancel voyages at short notice due to lack of demand.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Carol Yang
4 hours agoWhen you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it. In about 80 years, roughly the same length of time between the end of World War II and now, the Roman Republic was transformed into a dictatorship. If you had told a Roman senator at the beginning of the first century B.C.E. that his …
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
With Beijing having spent the past decade finding ways to bolster the nation’s technological independence through its “Made in China 2025” (MIC2025) initiative, European companies with a stake in the world’s second-largest economy have watched with growing concern – fearful of becoming further marginalised.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
Australian avocado exporters could soon benefit from the country’s improved trade ties with China. After a decade-long wait, the popular fruit was finally close to entering Beijing’s pipeline for import negotiations. Before that, Canberra has to select the fruit as part of its priority list. Meanwhile, industry players from Australia have also participated in technical cooperation in China’s burgeoning avocado sector.
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1 week ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
US President Donald Trump has signed another executive order targeting China’s dominant shipyards, in a move that adds fresh uncertainty to a global shipping sector that is already reeling from the disruptions caused by Washington’s tariff war. The latest order – titled “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance” – brought some good news for shipping companies, as it appeared to soften a previous proposal to charge steep fees every time a Chinese-linked ship enters a US port.
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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
American shipyards will again be absent from a key annual summit for the global shipbuilding industry, in the latest sign that the United States is charting a lonely course as it strives to revive its maritime sector. Washington has sent shock waves across the industry in recent months with its aggressive policies targeting China’s dominant shipyards, which include plans to charge steep fees every time a Chinese-linked ship enters an American port.
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
As the world awaits US President Donald Trump’s announcement of country-based tariffs, the Communist Party’s mouthpiece has made a case to avoid weaponising agriculture with mutually destructive trade policies. With China being the world’s largest importer and the US being the largest exporter of farm goods, People’s Daily noted how the two economies are complementary in agricultural trade.
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
From the ever-evolving saga of the Panama Canal to new fees for Chinese-linked ships entering American ports – a move maritime industry insiders have called “disruptive” and “self-defeating” – the question for most in the shipping sector is why US President Donald Trump appears so intent on displacing China from it.
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Carol Yang
China has further solidified its decade-long social credit initiative by unveiling 23 new guidelines, including plans for government and enterprise credit ratings, along with rewards and punishments. The document, issued by the State Council on Monday, is designed to create a “fair and orderly competitive market environment”, building on the social credit system first outlined in 2014.
