Announcement
14 Oct 2025
In October 2025, the Chinese government launched an investigation into the impact of the US Section 301 measures against China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sector (see related state act) on the Chinese shipping and shipbuilding sectors. No details on potential measures adopted as a consequence of the investigation were specified.
Source
Number of interventions
1
0 certainly harmful
1 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
No implementation date
Revocation date:
No revocation date
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