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Peter Zeihan: Today we’re discussing the Trump administration’s 96th tariff policy which imposes port fees on Chinese ships.
Chinese ships that enter a US port will be slapped with the higher of a $50/ton (rising to $140/ton overtime) fee or $150/container fee. This policy was initially set to be more extreme, but public comments helped scale the fees back as to avoid crippling US port logistics.
The issue with this tariff is that it increases costs for everyone but fails to offer any solutions. Since the US has no capacity to build cargo ships (as military shipbuilding is the priority right now), shipyards are already overwhelmed and dysfunctional. So, the intention is to reduce reliance on China, but there’s no path to doing it…
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