Biden Administration to Investigate China’s Unfair Shipbuilding Practices

‘They’re not competing. They’re cheating. And we’ve seen the damage here in America,’ President Joe Biden said.

Trade Representative Katherine Tai testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Joe Biden's trade policy agenda on Capitol Hill on March 31, 2022. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

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.