{"id":302003,"date":"2025-10-14T07:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302003\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T07:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:04:09","slug":"developing-china-us-shipping-dispute-escalates-as-beijing-sanctions-south-korean-giant-subsidiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302003\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing | China-US shipping dispute escalates as Beijing sanctions South Korean giant subsidiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Beijing has announced sanctions against a US ally over its alleged role in constraining China\u2019s maritime and shipbuilding industries \u2013 marking an escalation in tensions in the strategic sector.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The move came as Washington enforced port fees targeting China-built or operated vessels on Tuesday, and follows a commitment made in a previous regulatory update.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China placed five US-based subsidiaries of the South Korean shipping giant Hanwha Ocean on a countermeasures list, accusing them of cooperating with Washington in its curbs on China\u2019s maritime sector, according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s sanctions against Hanwha Ocean \u2013 a major South Korean shipbuilder that closely cooperates with the US as Washington <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3326257\/how-will-trump-revive-us-shipbuilding-after-years-protectionist-rot?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">pushes to curb<\/a> Chinese dominance in the sector \u2013 enforce the revised rule, which grants China the authority to take countermeasures.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cHanwha\u2019s US-based subsidiaries have assisted and supported the US government in conducting the 301 investigation and imposing measures against China\u2019s maritime, logistics and shipbuilding industries. China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition,\u201d the spokesperson of China\u2019s commerce ministry said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Beijing took action in line with the country\u2019s anti-foreign sanctions law and related regulations, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beijing has announced sanctions against a US ally over its alleged role in constraining China\u2019s maritime and shipbuilding&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":302004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9710,64,74,153456,153454,22706,153453,153457,112947,4690,56261,85146,67,132,68,153455,2058],"class_list":{"0":"post-302003","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-beijing","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-chinas-maritime-sector","12":"tag-hanwha-ocean","13":"tag-ministry-of-commerce","14":"tag-ministry-of-transport","15":"tag-section-301-probe","16":"tag-shipbuilding","17":"tag-shipping","18":"tag-south-korean","19":"tag-supply-chains","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-us-section-301-probe","24":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115371249771242248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}