Trump administration set to impose steep fees on Chinese ships docked in US ports

The Port of Los Angeles. The Trump administration will begin to impose fees on Chinese-built ships docking in US ports as it tries to spur US shipbuilding, in a move likely to escalate trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Photograph: Maggie Shannon/The New York Times The Trump administration will begin to impose fees on Chinese-built ships docking in US ports as it tries to spur US shipbuilding, in a move likely to escalate trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. The US presented plans in a filing late on Thursday to phase in steep charges on Chinese owned or built ships…