U.S. President Joe Trump's announcement on Tuesday Biden to increase tariffs on imports from China to Section 301 of the Trade Act 1974, introducing a significant increase in tariffs affecting a number of products, including ship-to-shore port cranes, sent you into a rage the association representing China's steel industry. Announcing the decision, the White House emphasized that "the China's Unfair Trade Practices Regarding Transfers technology, intellectual property and innovation They are threatening American businesses and workers. In addition, the China - Washington denounced - is flooding global markets with artificially cheap exports'. 'To too much time - stressed the White House to motivate the new Sanctions on imports worth $18 billion - The The Chinese government has used unfair and non-market practices."

Washington's measure affects numerous Chinese products starting with steel and aluminium, for which the increase in tariff rate will increase this year from 0-7.5% to 25%. To be affected by the sanctions will be, among others, the semiconductors, electric vehicles and batteries for these vehicles, solar cells, sanitary products and, indeed, port cranes of quay for which the rate will rise in 2024 from 0% to 25%. "A 25% tariff rate on ship-to-shore cranes - Washington explained - will help protect the U.S. Manufacturers from China's Unfair Trade Practices which have led to excessive market concentration. Cranes are essential elements of the infrastructure that allow the handling and continuous passage of goods essential to, from, and within the United States, and The administration is taking steps to mitigate the risks that could disrupt American supply chains." The U.S. Federal Government has also specified that the This measure is part of the recently announced strategy aimed at increasing the security of infrastructures U.S. Maritime-Port ( of 21 February 2024): "this measure," Washington explained It also builds on ongoing work to invest in infrastructure U.S. Ports through the Investing in America Agenda of the President. This port security initiative includes the return of port crane production capacities in the United States to support chain security U.S. supply and encourages ports around the world country and around the world to use trusted suppliers to the supply of cranes or other heavy equipment'.

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has denounced that These new U.S. sanctions are aimed at "politicizing and instrumentalisation of the steel trade. The steel industry "The Chinese - the association underlined yesterday - has always been focused on meeting domestic demand, pursuing technological progress and the green and giving new impetus to the global steel industry and upstream and downstream industries'. In addition, CISA stated that 'Chinese exports of steel products to the United States U.S. accounts for a small percentage and imports of the U.S. from China account for a small percentage of the of its total steel imports. Under the influence of multiple U.S. tariffs - the association also pointed out - U.S. companies in the downstream industry that continue to import Chinese steel products they do so based entirely on the on market behaviour based on one's own needs'. "The World Trade Organization," the association recalled Chinese - has already established that Section 301 tariffs violate WTO rules. Instead of correcting the problem, the U.S. rates increase further. The behavior does not market situation in the United States has distorted the trade structure global steel industry and is not conducive to the healthy development of the global steel industry. China's steel industry - concluded the CISA - urges the United States to abandon the practice of politicise issues related to the steel trade and to pursue a cooperation that is truly beneficial to the industrial development'.