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“The new fees could lead to a 60 per cent increase in shipping costs to and from the Caribbean region”

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WASHINGTON, Mar 25, CMC  – President of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Private Sector Organization (CPSO), Dr. Patrick Antoine, says the  decision by the United States to impose a port fee of one million US dollars per port call on any Chinese-built vessel calling at US ports,  will  be “devastating” for CARICOM countries.

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