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Oil Traders Shun Chinese Tankers as Trump Prepares Port Fees

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Oil traders are avoiding hiring tankers built in China amid concerns that port fees could be coming for Chinese vessels at U.S. ports as part of a plan by President Donald Trump to revitalize the American shipbuilding industry. Under the plan – not yet finalized – the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) proposes a per-port-entry fee of up to $1.5 million on Chinese-built vessels, and up to $1 million per-port-entry fee on any vessel (Ch…

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From the Daily Caller News Foundation By David Blackmon The Trump administration moved this week to eliminate another Biden-era artificial roadblock to energy infrastructure development which is both unneeded and counterproductive to U.S. energy security. In April 2023, Biden’s Department of Energy, under the hyper-politicized leadership of Secretary Jennifer Granholm, implemented a new policy requiring LNG projects to begin exports within seven…

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Oil Traders Shun Chinese Tankers as Trump Prepares Port Fees

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Wight: US ship fees proposal an ‘existential threat’ to the island

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Oil Traders Shun China-Made Ships for US Flows on Trump Levies

Oil traders looking to book ships that call at US ports are trying to avoid Chinese-built vessels, after President Donald Trump proposed hefty fees on them in a bid to revive American shipbuilding.

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Meat Export Federation: Trump’s Port Fee Proposal Could Hurt U.S. Exports

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With Trump serious about shipbuilding, Stockton mayor wants to bring it back — but so do rival cities

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