The Korea Times
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Monday urged President Donald Trump to hold fast to trade remedies proposed by his administration to rebuild U.S. shipbuilding and not offer concessions when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Democratic Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Mark Kelly of Arizona as well as Republicans Tim Scott of South Carolina and Todd Young of Indiana told Trump in a letter sent on Monday that China's decades-long effort to "decimate American shipbuilding" demanded the use of U.S. trade measures to their fullest extent. When they met in South Korea in October, Trump and Xi agreed to pause tit-for-tat fees on each other's ships for a year, staving off an estimated $3.2 billion annually in fees for large Chinese-built vessels sailing to U.S. ports. The U.S. fees will resume on November 10, unless a further pause is agreed. The U.S. first announced its port fees in April 2025 to help loosen China's grip on the global maritime industry after a U.S. probe concluded that China's domination of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors
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