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Good news, Ro-Ro vessels have been included in the one-year port duty suspension for US-related ships arriving at Chinese ports and Chinese-related ships arriving at US ports.
The policy, initiated by Washington to prop up a disappearing US shipbuilding industry, was in effect for just under two weeks before President Trump and his counterpart in Beijing, Xi Jinping, agreed to a short-term truce.
according to splash“A group of US labor unions criticized Trump’s decision to approve a one-year suspension,” warning that US shipbuilding was “once again being pushed aside.” Despite the unions, the general feeling is that it was a necessary move, with costs likely to rise as the carrier heaps additional costs onto consumers.
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