WASHINGTON — The head of the Georgia Ports Authority is warning that the Trump administration’s latest round of proposed Chinese tariffs could take a nearly $18 million bite out of the state’s booming ports.
The White House is mulling whether to add ship-to-shore cranes to its fourth batch of Chinese tariffs. The state’s Ports Authority already has ordered six such cranes, costing some $70 million.
Executive Director Griff Lynch said instituting a 25% tariff could have a “substantially negative impact” on work to expand the Savannah harbor, the state’s top economic development project.
