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China said it had started to collect the special charges on U.S.-owned, operated, built or flagged vessels but clarified that Chinese-built ships would be exempted from the levies.
The value of Bitcoin ( BTC -1.98%) continued falling today after China said it was putting restrictions on a major South Korean shipbuilder, Hanwha Ocean Co. The company has some naval contracts with the federal government and owns a shipyard in the U.S.
Shipbuilding sources report that the South Korean government is carefully examining the Chinese trade ban on Hanwha Group’s five US subsidiaries. “It’s [the ban] is still in the early stages, so we can’t gauge what is happening,
El Ministerio chino de Comercio dijo el martes que estaba prohibiría las transacciones de empresas chinas con cinco subsidiarias del constructor naval surcoreano Hanwha Ocean.
China has imposed curbs on the American units of Hanwha Ocean Co., one of South Korea’s biggest shipbuilders, as it targets US measures against the Chinese shipping sector. The Ministry of Commerce said Tuesday it was placing curbs on five US entities of the shipbuilding giant.