Elon Musk's Doge to review the US Navy, Donald Trump signed New Order: Report | Today news

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that seeks to revive the US shipbuilding and the Elon Musk-Lied Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) will shake to investigate how the US Navy has fallen behind the vessels. The new executive order aims to revive US shipbuilding and reduce China’s grip on the global shipping industry, giving the Musk’s team a wide leverage to tackle some of the most expensive – and troubled – projects of the military, Politico reports. This comes amid the Republican and Democratic American lawmakers who warn of China’s growing dominance on the seas and the reduction of US naval readiness. What Trump’s new executive order says that the executive order has ordered the Musk-led Doge to review the decisions on shipbuilding of the fleet that led to problems with some major platforms, including the $ 22 billion frigate program, a official was quoted by Bloomberg. “The administration will review ways to improve competition within the private sector for government projects and reduce costs to ensure that taxpayer funds are most effective,” the order states. The order recommends the US trade representative to continue with a plan that includes the levy of the US port fees on any ship that is part of a fleet that includes Chinese or Chinese flag vessels. Allies will be pressed to act in the same way. It further requires that the Department of Home Security should enforce the collection of the maintenance fees and other harvest costs, and to prevent cargo transporters from bypassing the fees by sending goods to ports in Mexico and Canada and then sends to the United States via ground boundaries. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chinese shipbuilders are more than 50% of all freight capacity produced worldwide worldwide, higher than 5% in 1999. As per Reuters, the US shipbuilding industry struggled due to high costs and a complex regulatory structure, which could grow opponents such as China rapidly. First published: 10 Apr 2025, 05:46 AM IST