News / China and the US enter the new year lists with 'tit-for-tat' trade jousts

Setting the stage for the return of Donald Trump to the White House, China and the US have kicked-off 2025 with what appear to be “tit-for-tat” efforts to scupper each another’s commercial interests in their respective jurisdictions.

Yesterday, The Loadstar reported that the US Department of Defense had added Cosco and China Cargo Airlines to its list of Chinese commercial interests considered “military assets”, and responding today, China’s largest container line rubbished that description and said it ...