US trade crackdown batters Chinese shipping and shipbuilding stocks
- Yangzijiang Shipbuilding share price has plunged 16% since Friday as US targets China-built ships and their operators
- Other Chinese maritime stocks also fall
- Trade crackdown reflects US-China tensions, shocks global shipping
- China’s dominant shipbuilding position seen by some as difficult to displace quickly due to its massive scale, capacity and role in meeting future demand
Shares of key Chinese shipbuilders and shipowners dropped amid threat from latest USTR plan, but some experts believe China’s shipbuilding sector will withstand the pressure