FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin U.S. senators Mark Kelly and Elizabeth Warren have called on United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to reinstate port fees on Chinese vessels arguing the measure is necessary to protect American workers and strengthen domestic shipbuilding. In a letter to Greer, the senators urged the administration to restore restrictions on Chinese ships entering U.S. ports, while also seeking clarification on the impact of the current suspension and whether any concessions were secured from Beijing in exchange for the pause. RelatedNews U.S. forces disable tanker bound for Iran as crew gets rescued US military destroys Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21375049_0_6a27eea94d8bc = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375049","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"87,2929,236,2740,2470,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone