Beijing Suspends Sanctions on US Shipbuilder After Tariff Pause

The action removes an obstacle to the Trump administration’s efforts to ramp up U.S. ship production.The TS State of Maine is pictured at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia on August 26, 2025. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP) Photo by MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images11/10/2025|Updated: 11/10/2025Beijing announced on Nov. 10 the suspension of sanctions on a leading U.S. shipbuilder, citing an agreed-upon pause to related tariffs by the United States.The Chinese Ministry of Commerce had imposed the sanctions on five U.S. subsidiaries of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha in response to Section 301 penalties imposed on China by the United States.Catherine Yang is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in New York. Author’s Selected Articles