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2 weeks ago | 
financialpost.com | Shawn Donnan |Erik Larson |Laura Curtis
Advertisement 1If the decision holds, it would eliminate new 30% tariffs on China, 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico and 10% duties on most other goodsArticle contentUnited States President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy has been thrown into turmoil after a U.S. court issued a rare rebuke blocking many of the import taxes he has threatened and imposed on other countries. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Weilun Soon |Laura Curtis
Ships are the backbone of global trade, and Donald Trump is unhappy that most of them are made in China. His government argues that China’s dominance in ship construction was achieved unfairly and harms American interests. It’s proposed to levy a fee of at least $1 million each time a Chinese-operated or Chinese-built ship enters a US port, and demand that more American vessels transport US products. The ultimate goal is to engineer a revival of domestic shipbuilding.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Weilun Soon |Laura Curtis
Ships are the backbone of global trade, and Donald Trump is unhappy that most of them are made in China. His government argues that China’s dominance in ship construction was achieved unfairly and harms American interests. It’s proposed to levy a fee of at least $1 million each time a Chinese-operated or Chinese-built ship enters a US port, and demand that more American vessels transport US products. The ultimate goal is to engineer a revival of domestic shipbuilding.
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2 months ago | 
ttnews.com | Ruth Liao |Laura Curtis
Government Business Logistics Global Freight March 26, 2025 4:05 PM, EDT US Trade Representative Says Fees Would Boost Domestic Shipbuilding Industry Dole bananas at an H Mart grocery store in Fairfax, Va. (Al Drago/Bloomberg News) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A proposal to curb China’s dominance of the global maritime industry would have an outsize impact on bananas — and aggravate consumers already sensitive to higher prices at the grocery store, according...
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Ruth Liao |Laura Curtis
A proposal to curb China’s dominance of the global maritime industry would have an out-sized impact on bananas — and aggravate consumers already sensitive to higher prices at the grocery store, according to the largest US supplier of the fruit. “The US fresh fruit trade would be severely impacted by this proposed fee but so would the consumer,” said Jared Gale, chief legal officer and company secretary for Dole Plc.
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2 months ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Ruth Liao |Laura Curtis
(Bloomberg) -- US lawmakers, labor unions and steel manufacturers were at odds with shipping companies and farm exporters Monday over a Trump administration proposal to put million-dollar levies on China-linked ships docking in the US. • None They Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying. • None Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Laura Curtis |Weilun Soon |James Attwood
For a symbol of the chaos engulfing world trade since the Trump administration walked into the White House, look no further than a pile of 16,000 metric tons of steel pipes. Stevedores in Germany should be preparing to load the first batch on a ship bound for a massive energy project in Louisiana. Instead the cargo is sitting in a German warehouse after Washington proposed putting million-dollar levies on Chinese ships docking in the US.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
gcaptain.com | Laura Curtis |Shawn Donnan |Erik Hertzberg
By Laura Curtis, Shawn Donnan and Erik HertzbergMar 5, 2025 (Bloomberg) –Global shipping executives gathered this week in Long Beach, California, for a major annual conference, expecting to discuss market trends and supply chain challenges. Instead, they found themselves in crisis mode. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump upended decades of mostly free trade with the two biggest US trading partners, slapping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Laura Curtis |Shawn Donnan |Erik Hertzberg
Global shipping executives gathered this week in Long Beach, California, for a major annual conference, expecting to discuss market trends and supply chain challenges. Instead, they found themselves in crisis mode. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump upended decades of mostly free trade with the two biggest US trading partners, slapping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada. The White House also layered another 10% duty on China on top of an identical hike a month before.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Laura Curtis |Shawn Donnan |Erik Hertzberg
Global shipping executives gathered this week in Long Beach, California, for a major annual conference, expecting to discuss market trends and supply chain challenges. Instead, they found themselves in crisis mode. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump upended decades of mostly free trade with the two biggest US trading partners, slapping 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada. The White House also layered another 10% duty on China on top of an identical hike a month before.
