Where Data Tells the Story
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China is winning by nearly five to one over Korea, and it has been for a while.
Korea is the one America actually likes.
99% of the ships serving US trade were not built in America. Only 10 of 1,045 were.
So who does build them? China and Korea, mainly.
Who pushed for it, who fought it, and what happens next is in the full story on Vizmaya: https://www.vizmaya.fyi/s/a-ship-tax-that-lasted-27-days#s=2
Washington's answer to all this was a port fee on China-built ships. It switched on 14 October 2025. It was paused 27 days later in a trade deal. China did not slow down while the fee slept.
The pause ends 9 November. Only a new official notice can extend it, and as of 1 October, there wasn't one.