Governmental and non-governmental stakeholders have highlighted the progress made so far on establishing a green shipping corridor between California and Shanghai. The green corridor plan seems to be unaffected by the escalating United States-China trade war.

Transportation and environmental policy leaders and scholars from California state agencies and the ports of Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Shanghai gathered at a forum held at the Port of Long Beach on March 17, 2025, to discuss their efforts to decarbonize the maritime industry via the development of the green shipping corridor.