HOUSTON, TEXAS (Ofelia Paredes, Energy Analytics Institute, 21.Apr.2025) — Measures implemented by US president Donald Trump to aid the North American country’s shipbuilding industry will fail. This, according to statements from China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian.
Jian’s statements came on 21 Apr. 2025 after the US government, under a second Trump presidential term, announced measures to add extra fee for Chinese-built or operated ships docking in US ports.