Biden Administration to Investigate China’s Unfair Shipbuilding Practices by Aaron Pan – US Politics News

The United States has opened an investigation against China’s unfair trade practices in shipbuilding and other sectors amid a growing trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced on April 17 that it would probe the Chinese regime’s “unfair, non-market policies and practices” regarding maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors that harm the U.S. shipping industry.
The investigation follows five major unions’ petition in March requesting USTR to investigate these Chinese sectors that allegedly “disrupt supply chains and undermine vital [U.S.] national security interests.”
“The allegations reflect what we have already seen across other sectors, where the PRC utilizes a wide range of non-market policies and practices to undermine fair competition and dominate the market, both in China and globally,” USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai said in a statement, using the official acronym for China under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and pledging to open a “full and thorough investigation into the unions’ concerns.”…