WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Sen. Mark Kelly issued the following press release:
Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Todd Young (R-IN), and Tim Scott (R-SC) are calling (https://www.kelly.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-11-Letter-to-Trump-on-Shipbuilding-Final-1.pdf) on President Donald Trump to prioritize the U.S. shipbuilding industry and to not offer concessions to China in his upcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Over the last twenty years, China has become the dominant shipbuilding force globally through unfair trade practices, decimating the U.S. shipbuilding industry and hurting American workers, companies, and communities. The Senators are pushing the President to hold China accountable f...