U.S. takes aim at China shipbuilding, an industry it lost decades ago

Union-spurred probe into Chinese shipyards threatens retaliatory port fees

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A shipyard in Yichang, Hubei province, China. Amid a push to curb China's manufacturing dominance, the U.S. is urging key allies Japan and South Korea to invest in America's beleaguered shipbuilding industry.

LI RONGQIAN, DU ZHIHANG and DENISE JIA, Caixin

The U.S. last month began an investigation of China's dominant shipbuilding industry, a move that heaps more pressure on China as the countries' trade battle extends beyond technology and into the manufacturing sector.

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