{"id":151641,"date":"2026-05-19T21:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151641"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:03:25","slug":"us-charges-7-chinese-executives-and-4-shipping-firms-linked-to-container-cartelunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=151641","title":{"rendered":"US charges 7 Chinese executives and 4 shipping firms linked to container cartelUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post\u2060The \u2060US has \u2060charged seven Chinese executives and four of the world\u2019s largest shipping container companies with conspiring to restrict supply, raising the price \u200cof containers during the Covid-19 pandemic, Department of Justice officials said on Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe companies together manufacture about 95 per cent of the world\u2019s standard dry shipping containers and conspired to \u2060restrict output and fix prices between November 2019 \u200cand January 2024, the DOJ said.<br \/>\nProsecutors allege the scheme resulted&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3354151\/us-charges-7-chinese-executives-and-4-shipping-firms-linked-container-cartel?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post\u2060The \u2060US has \u2060charged seven Chinese executives and four of the world\u2019s largest shipping container companies with conspiring to restrict supply,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151641"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}