China launches shipping-sector probe in coordinated response to US 301 actions

By MLex Staff ( October 14, 2025, 09:19 GMT | Insight) -- China has launched an inter-agency investigation into how the US Section 301 actions have affected or could affect the security and development interests of China’s maritime and shipbuilding sectors, and their related industrial and supply chains. Part of a coordinated response involving multiple ministries, the probe coincides with the Ministry of Commerce’s decision to add five US-linked subsidiaries of South Korea’s shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean to China’s sanctions list, under the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law. The tit-for-tat timing underscores how the China-US trade dispute has evolved beyond tariffs into a broader contest over industrial policy and supply-chain security.In a coordinated effort among multiple ministries, China has launched an inter-agency investigation into the impact of the US Section 301 actions on the security and development of its maritime and shipbuilding sectors —as well as on the associated industrial and supply chains....