https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a71348dd-7298-4900-91d3-b0edbb791e6c High fees and tariffs on Chinese-built or -operated commercial ships calling on US ports go into effect this week. In response, Chinese officials issued new regulations governing foreign-flagged ships making China port visits. The United States has a very small domestic shipping industry, so most analysts concluded that the new rules are not likely to deeply impact American companies. But the new regulations are written very broadly, and could be directed at ships and companies that are flagged offshore, but are nevertheless mostly owned by Wall Street funds and US institutional investors. These new rules, then, do allow for China to respond commensurately: over $30 billion in US port fees will be levied against global shippers in 2026 because of the Chinese-built vessels in their fleets. China may do the same, based on foreign ships' proportional US ownership. Closing scene, Yulong River Bamboo Rafting Area, Guangxi Resources and links: South China Morning Post, US plan to tax Chinese ships hits choppy waters as backlash intensifies https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3303802/us-plan-tax-chinese-ships-hits-choppy-waters-backlash-intensifies SCMP, China’s shipping firms lean on alliances to ride out US port fee storm https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3324007/chinas-shipping-firms-lean-alliances-ride-out-us-port-fee-storm Nikkei, US port fees challenge China and its shipping giant in battle for the seas https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/policy-asia/us-port-fees-challenge-china-and-its-shipping-giant-in-battle-for-the-seas Global Ship Lease (GSL): One of the Most Underrated Shipping Stocks With High Yield https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/global-ship-lease-gsl-one-of-the-most-underrated-shipping-stocks-with-high-yield/ar-AA1JLiZx The Shipping Mess, Part 1: Global fleets shift routes, raise costs, slow deliveries to US markets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ill9E9NToJ4 Canadian lobster now cheaper than steak, after China shifts supply chains to Vietnam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flugR0ZdorM US farmers beg Trump to stop the trade war and save American farming. But it's already too late. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nADbVedF7xw China Dominates the Shipbuilding Industry https://www.csis.org/analysis/china-dominates-shipbuilding-industry Tariffs wiping out American farmers on all sides, and farm equipment manufacturers are laying off https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8j2BzSkEfk What to Watch 2023: America Must Begin Growing Its Merchant Marine https://centerformaritimestrategy.org/publications/what-to-watch-2023-america-must-begin-growing-its-merchant-marine/ China issues retaliatory rules ahead of US port fee targeting Chinese vessels https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3327389/china-issues-retaliatory-rules-ahead-us-port-fee-targeting-chinese-vessels Institutional ownership of GSL and SBLK, from Nasdaq.com Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:08:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/a71348dd-7298-4900-91d3-b0edbb791e6c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.