China signals tit-for-tat retaliation over US port fee levy
- China amends maritime rules, creating a legal basis to hit back at foreign ‘discriminatory’ measures such as planned US port fees
- Beijing’s retaliation could target US or US-linked carriers, raising costs and threatening wider disruption in global shipping
- Industry doubts remain over whether Washington’s fee scheme will take effect on October 14
Uncertainty deepens in global shipping as US port fee plan collides with China’s newly revised maritime rules

China signals tit-for-tat retaliation over US port fee levy