Donald Trump’s new date for the head of the naval organizer in America said that the United States should “fight fire with fire” and impose fees on Chinese ships to finance its subsidies for building its ships.

“We need to compensate for the subsidies that China gave to its shipbuilding industry and combating fire,” Luis Sola, who was appointed head of the FBC in January, told the Financial Times. “Where should this money? [from fees on Chinese ships] Go to? This money must be invested in American shipping. “

Sola’s comments follow a recommendation from the US Trade Representative (USTR) to impose measures that include a fee of $ 1.5 million on Chinese ships calling for American ports.

The Trump administration is expected to make a final decision on the proposal, after an investigation began during the era of former President Joe Biden, after a public hearing in March.

Up to 36,595 calls by US outlets in 2024 could have been affected by USTR measures, which could generate annual income of up to $ 52 billion, according to researchers at Cla Marksons.

“I don’t want to take their threats and tie his legs together,” said FMC. “My best hero mode there and the only way you can do is to finance it.”

The proposal to impose punitive measures on Chinese ships calling for US ports is the latest effort to enhance American competitiveness, which is the main goal of Trump. The US President told a joint session of Congress this month that he would create a “shipbuilding office” at the White House as well as the tax incentives.

“To enhance our defensive industrial base, we will also revive the American shipbuilding industry, including the construction of commercial ships and military shipbuilding,” Trump told legislators.

Experts said that American shipbuilding companies are unlikely to approach the competition with Chinese competitors in the near future.

Once one of the leading shipbuilding countries, as of March, the United States has obtained only 0.2 percent of the global commercial shipping orders in the overall payment, a measure of work that was taken to build a ship. This compares with 59 percent in China, according to Clarkson’s research.

Sola said that FMC, which organizes the global shipping industry to protect the interests of American consumers, was helping USTR to achieve Chinese shipping before the plenary session on the fees proposal. The investigation began last year in response to American labor unions Call to the investigation.

Sola has argued that although the United States has turned into a cheaper manufacture than Asia, the country “has resources, has facilities, has people, has knowledge.”

He said that the United States can “take a large percentage” of production for cranes carrying and unloading ships in the port, which technology is not complicated.

The widespread presence of Chinese cranes in American ports has been examined by the US authorities since the Biden administration, center Fears can be controlled remotely.

Sola admitted that shipbuilding was a “more complex animal” but he argued that the United States “could be a player in some smaller commercial ships.”

FMC, whose lawyers and economists recommend the government on legislation, is a political independent government agency. But Sola, FMC Security Commissioner since 2019, which was nominated for Congress as a Republican candidate, has publicly supported Trump.

“With President Trump’s first priorities,” Sola said. [the FMC was] Somewhat there, adding that he was seeking a larger budget so that the agency could employ more employees, although the administration is making discounts in other government agencies.

“Instead of the arts, radio, or something like that, it is easy to see what FMC does and touchs,” Sola said. He said he wanted to strengthen the number of employees by 30 percent, and that FMC was seeking to accelerate the employment process for the best candidates from a limited group of US Navy experts.

FMC is a relatively small American agency, but it is The number of cases has already increased On the back of increasing concerns about America’s dependence on foreign ship owners.

Announcing the approval of the legislation that the FMC powers expanded to investigate and the owners of ships in 2022, Biden blames “foreigners-owned carriers” to increase prices that “harm American families” during the Covid-19s.

Peter Sand, the chief analyst of charging the XENETA shipping market, warned that the fees imposed on the Chinese shipment presented by the USTR “may cause great congestion and delay in the United States.”

This proposal comes at the time that the Trump administration is imposed on it, including steel and aluminum, and it is expected to increase more fees that it threatened to import costs.

“The threat of higher costs to import goods to the United States should be taken seriously,” Sand said.

Additional reports by Dimitri Sevastopolo