Trump’s Bid to Weaken China’s Maritime Heft Needs ‘Decades’

The Trump administration’s plan to challenge China’s maritime dominance and usher through a change in the shipbuilding industry will likely be a decades-long effort, according to the chief of the Port of Los Angeles.

“This is a huge undertaking to shift the world’s balance with one policy,” Gene Seroka, the port’s executive director, said during an interview with Bloomberg Television. “To stand up a shipbuilding interest like that across the globe is going to take time. More than a decade, maybe decades.”