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Shipbuilding: US-China Hegemonic Competition, Economic-Security Strategy Wartime manufacturing supply chain? Nations that conquer the seas have historically dominated the world, and those that lose them have fallen from grace. A nation's shipbuilding and shipping industries were key to its global hegemony, and therefore key to its national security. China dominates both the global shipbuilding and shipping industries, and the United States is losing its shipbuilding and shipping competitiveness due to high labor costs and a declining ability to trade goods. On March 12, several unions, including the United Steelworkers of America, asked the administration for trade relief and state aid for the shipbuilding industry, arguing that China is distorting global markets in the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries. Shipbuilding: US-China hegemonic competition, Economic-Security Strategy World No. 1 (1975) U.S. shipbuilding ranks 19th in the world ... builds less than 1% of the

Spy equipment found on Chinese-made cranes at major U.S. ports Over 5 years, we will invest more than $20B ... in crane production and port security in the U.S. U.S. gets first homegrown crane production line in 30 years ... Mitsui E&S subsidiary Paceco produces The United States says it has identified spy equipment and suspicious communications equipment on Chinese-made cranes installed at major ports, and will replace them as a security measure for key strategic ports. The U.S. infrastructure investment budget is coming into play, with approximately $20 billion to be invested over the next five years. The cranes will be produced by Paceco, a subsidiary of Japan's MitsuiE&S, meaning the US will have a homegrown crane production line for the first time in nearly 30 years. Spy equipment found on Chinese-made cranes at major U.S. ports Strategic Materials Surveillance Threats, Espionage Threats of software misbehavior and sabotage The Biden administration has revealed that Ch