Impact of China-USA Trade Disagreements on Liner Shipping Industry

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Abstract
The paper through the light on the fundamental principles that contribute in offering the current
development related to the subject. The topic on which the report focuses is impact of China-
USA trade disagreements on the liner shipping industry. The findings of the report include that
trade tariffs is one of the major factor that leads to the disagreement between the countries and
create the impact on the trading through shipping. The impact is not limited to the China and US
linear shipping industry but it has also trapped Hong Kong shipping industry. In addition, it
creates a minimum level of impact on the world shipping industry. The findings reflect that the
tariffs on trade might get shifted to the customers which affect the market where companies are
dealing. In the near future, this trade war might affect shipping industry on large scale.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Impact of the China-USA trade disagreements on the liner shipping industry...............................4
Trade tariffs.................................................................................................................................4
Impact on US and China shipping industry.............................................................................6
Impact on the global linear Shipping industry.........................................................................7
Impact on Hong Kong shipping industry.................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The aim of the report is to evaluate the fundamental principles and to offer a comprehensive
review of the current developments on the subject. The topic on which the report is based on the
impact of China-USA trade disagreements on the liner shipping industry. The impact which is
discussed in the report includes trade tariffs which lead to the issue in the trade through the
shipping. The rise in the tariffs by the US creates an impact on the shipping industry as there will
be reduced in the trade among the countries. The impact is not only limited to China and US but
it also includes the impact on the Hong Kong shipping industry. Hong Kong is between the US
and China route due to which it also get affected. Further, the impact of the China-USA trade
disagreements on the linear shipping industry has been discussed below.