Lost at Sea: Can the U.S. regain maritime dominance?
"Today, the U.S. ranks 19th in the world in commercial shipbuilding, and we build less than 5 ships each year, while the PRC is building more than 1,700 ships. In 1975, the United States ranked number one, and we were building more than 70 ships a year." - Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative (2021-2025)
The Trump Administration is on a mission to make shipbuilding great again… a bipartisan effort that started during the Biden Administration.
In the spring of 2024, the U.S. Trade Representative released the findings and recommendations of a Section 301 investigation into whether or not…
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