Senate Democrats call on USTR to open Chinese shipbuilding probe

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative should accept a petition from several unions to open an investigation into Chinese shipbuilding practices under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and consider its proposed countermeasures, six Democratic senators told USTR Katherine Tai on Tuesday. On March 12, several unions, led by the United Steelworkers, submitted a petition to USTR calling for a Section 301 investigation into what they deemed unfair Chinese trade practices that have resulted in the country’s...