Early this year, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) identified China’s maritime and shipbuilding dominance as a trade and national security threat. China, in essence, has displaced rivals, skewed competition and built risky dependencies that endanger US commerce and global supply chains, according to USTR.
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding finds itself at a crossroads of sorts in 2025. After delivering its best set of financial results and bagging an unprecedented US$14.6 billion ($18.7 billion) worth of new orders last year, the ascendant shipbuilder now faces a more complex and competitive landscape.
Notably, US President Donald Trump’s pledge to make America great again has unleashed a wave of political and economic currents that is threatening to reshape China’s powerhouse shipbuilding industry, which supplies more than half of the world’s ocean vessels.
