Comments by "Steve Davenport" (@stevedavenport1202) on "Zeihan on Geopolitics"
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There maybe be some faulty logic in Peter's assumption about the Jones Act, but am not sure.
Clearly, the advantage of using our water ways like the Mississippi, The Ohio, Columbia and Missouri is to transport bulk commodity cargo like wheat, corn, soy, etc.
All of our other transportation networks are operated mostly by American made vessels and US crews...planes, trucks and trains.
Foreign truckers can operate on US soil, as in they can bring cargo into the USA then return to their country with a return load but are not allowed to drive around from one US city to another transporting goods.
Foreign airlines operate under the same constraints.
So, what is the variable in using barges to transport goods via our internal water ways that is making this mode of transportation artificially expensive? If it is the barges themselves and they can be manufactured cheaper overseas, then ammend the law for that variable.
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