In China, the Ministry of Transport announced that starting on November 10, it suspended a retaliatory port fee on U.S. vessels and pause an investigation into the maritime and shipbuilding industries’ supply chain vulnerabilities. The decision, approved by the State Council, mirrors a temporary truce in Washington’s Section 301 measures targeting Chinese maritime and logistics sectors.
The ministry cited “the consensus reached during the 2025 China-U.S. economic and trade consultations in Kuala Lumpur” as the basis for the suspension. The now-paused fee, imposed by Announcement No. 54 earlier this year, had levied a special port services charge on U.S. ships. Simultaneously, a parallel inquiry into how U.S. measures affected China’s shipbuilding sector and its upstream and downstream industries has also been shelved for one year.
The statement was circulated to China’s foreign ministry, commerce ministry, cybersecurity officials, provincial transport departments, and all maritime bureaus, suggesting wide internal coordination and signaling that enforcement is now frozen.
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