The Trump administration is scheduled to impose very slope fees on Chinese ships in US ports

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The Trump administration will start imposing fees on Chinese ships that it makes in the American ports where it tries to stimulate the construction of American ships, in a move that is likely to escalate the trade tensions between Washington and Beijing.

The United States has made plans in a file late Thursday for the stage on charges of highly decline on Chinese or built ships carrying goods to American ports over several years.

The fees are part of the effort to increase the pressure on China on what Washington says is unfair commerce Practices, while increasing the local manufacturing of ships. However, they caused a warning between the American exporters.

we The farmers have expressed their dissatisfaction The structure of excessive penal fees would harm their ability to export goods by forcing ships to visit fewer American ports in an attempt to reduce the fees they have to pay.

Jameson Jarir, the representative of Donald Trump’s trade, said in a statement that the United States will impose fees on ship owners and operators from China with a value of $ 50 per net, starting from 180 days, and an increase of $ 30 per net tons over the next three years. Chinese Chinese ships will be charged with less.

Jarir said: “Ships and shipping are vital for American economic security and the free flow of trade,” Jarir said.

He said: “The Trump administration’s actions will begin in contrast to Chinese hegemony, address the threats of the American supply chain, and send a request for a request to the ships that were built in the United States.”

One person in the shipping industry in China said that the new proposal represents a softening of the original proposal of the American Trade Representative, which raised the possibility of this Imposing fees on the basis of the ownership of the shipping operators From Chinese -made vessels in its fleet.

This meant that all ship operators would be responsible for the fees just to own Chinese ships.

Under the new proposals, non -Chinese cargo companies can avoid paying any outlet fees using non -Chinese -road ships on American roads. However, the Chinese charging lines will remain badly.

On Friday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry warned that “measures such as imposing port fees … not only increase global shipping costs” and disrupt supply chains, but also lead to “increased pressure in the United States, which harms consumers and American companies.”

“These measures will not revive the American shipbuilding industry,” the ministry said, adding that China will take the “necessary measures” to protect its interests.

Jarir’s office said that the United States will also impose “limited restrictions” on foreigners Vars that carry liquefied natural gasBut the restrictions will not start for three years and will increase for 22 years of time frame.

The fees will depend on the number of trips to the United States, and they are not applied to each outlet in the country that has been visited on the same trip, which reduces the risks that will exceed the ships smaller ports and harm the American exporters.

The American Trade Representative Office added that the upcoming empty ships to export goods from the country will not be imposed.

Additional reports by Nayan Liu in Beijing