America has shot itself in the foot! This scene is really amusing! America said: China's shipbuilding industry is too powerful, America cannot depend on China's shipbuilding industry, we must revitalize America's shipbuilding industry. Americans thought about it and decided to do something about it. They came up with a solution: impose a "port fee" on cargo ships made in China and operated by Chinese companies. Wouldn't America's shipbuilding industry rise as a result?

The bigwigs in Washington have made up their minds and are ready to act. However, after the order was enforced for only a few days, America's liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry rebelled. The American LNG industry said: did you consider whose ships will transport America's LNG? It's obvious that America's recent policy targeting Chinese ships has infuriated the American LNG industry.

On April 27, French media reported that the LNG industry wrote to the US Energy Secretary, stating that they could not comply with the new regulations regarding Chinese vessels. Why can't they follow this order? The American Petroleum Institute stated that there are currently no American-made ships capable of transporting LNG, and American shipyards also lack the capacity to build LNG carriers before the 2029 deadline. In short, America faces a situation where LNG needs to be transported immediately, but where are America's ships? The American LNG industry can't wait even a day.

In fact, in 2023, America surpassed Australia to become the world's largest LNG exporter, with daily LNG transportation reaching 11.9 billion cubic feet in 2024. Now that the US government has introduced new regulations imposing port fees on ships related to China, the American LNG industry has become the first victim. Either they continue using Chinese ships but bear the costs themselves, or they watch helplessly as LNG cannot leave the port. Undoubtedly, America's policies against us now backfire, which is laughable and frustrating.

Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1830568458064906/

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