US EditionUS, China Roll Out Tit-for-Tat Port Fees, Threatening More Turmoil at Sea
The United States and China each imposed port fees on vessels linked to the other, affecting 15% of global oil tanker capacity, amid escalating trade tensions and sanctions.
- The U.S. and China started charging new port fees on each other's vessels, escalating their trade war as of October 14, 2025.
- China began to collect charges on U.S.-owned vessels while exempting Chinese-built ships, following a similar U.S. plan announced earlier this year.
- Analysts predict COSCO, a state-owned Chinese shipping company, will bear nearly half of the expected $3.2 billion costs from these new fees by 2026.
- The maritime fee confrontation increases tensions and could affect global supply chains, as noted by Athens-based Xclusiv Shipbrokers Inc.
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U.S.-China tit-for-tat port fees threaten trade turmoil at sea
The United States and China on Tuesday will begin charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
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US, China roll out tit-for-tat port fees, threatening more turmoil at sea
BEIJING: The United States and China on Tuesday (Oct 14) began charging additional port fees on ocean shipping firms that move everything from holiday toys to crude oil, making the high seas a key front in the trade
US, China Open New Front in Trade War with Tit-for-Tat Port Fees
The United States and China on Tuesday launched a new round of retaliatory measures by imposing mutual port fees on each other’s shipping firms, escalating tensions in an already fragile global trade environment. Beijing confirmed it had begun collecting the new charges on U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels, while exempting Chinese-built ships and those […] The post US, China Open New Front in Trade War with Tit-for-Tat Port Fees ap…
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