Trump Plans One-Year Pause on Port Crane Duties, China Ship Fees

The US is pushing forward on President Donald Trump’s pledge to pause a series of penalties aimed at China’s shipbuilding industry, a key concession in his interim trade pact with counterpart Xi Jinping.

The office of US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Thursday it was soliciting feedback on the one-year truce. The trade office proposed pausing tariffs on imports of ship-to-shore cranes and chassis from China in addition to a suspension of fees levied on Chinese-built and -operated merchant ships calling at American ports.

China has agreed to halt retaliatory measures in return for US action, according to ...