Tariff deals – who will pay the costs? Maybe US shippers and consumers
The US-China tariff negotiations will, reportedly, be extended for another 90 days, continuing uncertainty in ...
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By Ian Putzger
US ports are worried about the impact of the extra tariffs Washington will slap on imports from China on September 1.
They are particularly concerned about how it will affect the cost of ship-to-shore cranes and argue that this would impact other necessary infrastructure investments.
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John
August 08, 2019 at 4:42 pmZPMC Chinese cranes have been under cutting the competition for years. I’ve worked on these for 20 years and quality isn’t close to a MES/Paceco crane or any other Crane. They have been dumping their cranes around the world and nobody can compete with a State backed company. ZPMC has copied and Cheated their way in the market. Now these ports will have to pay full price for a substandard crane and they don’t like it! It’s about time America takes a hard stand on a country that is well known for stealing intellectual property and other companies designs.