Lawmakers Say Ocean Carriers Are Undermining US Export Trade, Cry Foul on China

Lawmakers Say Ocean Carriers Are Undermining US Export Trade, Cry Foul on China
Containers on a shipping dock in the Port of Los Angeles, Calif., on April 16, 2020. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Tom Ozimek
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More than 100 members of Congress are calling on federal maritime authorities to probe what they say are ocean carrier actions that undermine American exports by refusing to pick up U.S. goods and, instead, are returning empty after dropping off imports.

In a letter (pdf) to Michael A. Khouri, chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), the lawmakers voiced concern over reports that certain vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs) are declining to ship U.S. agricultural commodity exports from ports in the United States.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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