The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative ( USTR ) proposed an extension of the suspension of port calling fees on Chinese-linked vessels through Jan. 9, putting into writing the two-month reprieve that had been up in the air since the U.S. and China agreed last month to extend their trade truce into January.

Under a notice filed Friday and published Monday in the Federal Register, USTR indicated it proposed to further pause the responsive actions that resulted from its Section 301 investigation into China ’s “unreasonable” dominance of the maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors.

The proposal would replace a Nov. 9 expiration that had remained in place even after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Sept. 23 that the two countries had agreed to prolong their economic détente— first reached last October in Busan, South Korea—until Jan. 10.

USTR has given interested parties until 5 p.m.…