WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he did not think anybody should be able to charge a fee for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
“I don’t think anybody should be able to charge a fee,” said Trump, who on Monday had proposed United States would charge a 20% transit fee.
“I don’t like the concept of a fee, but at the same time, it’s not fair that we’re protecting this Strait for the entire world,” he said in remarks to reporters.
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Bo Erickson in Washington;Editing by David Ljunggren)
