{"id":1610313,"date":"2022-08-17T09:01:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610313"},"modified":"2022-08-17T09:02:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:02:38","slug":"efforts-to-repeal-american-shipping-laws-only-aid-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/efforts-to-repeal-american-shipping-laws-only-aid-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts to Repeal American Shipping Laws Only Aid China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fefforts-to-repeal-american-shipping-laws-only-aid-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610313&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>Commentary<\/em><\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-shipping\">shipping<\/a> industry isn\u2019t a whipping boy\u2014it\u2019s one of our strengths.\u00a0Sadly, the Jones Act, which promotes U.S. shippers, is treated like it is. Irrational political voices have argued that repealing the law would do many things, but policymakers should be cautious about taking such a drastic step.<\/p>\n<p>Some have asserted, for example, that repealing the Jones Act would\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1032288\/how-a-100-year-old-american-law-helps-make-your-commute-miserable\/\">end traffic congestion<\/a>\u00a0in U.S. cities. Even average Americans who don\u2019t study traffic patterns or city planning know that repealing a law that simply requires shipping between two or more U.S. ports to be done by American ships with American crews isn\u2019t the cause of traffic jams.<\/p>\n<p>Others blame the Jones Act for increasing the cost of natural gas and other petroleum products. They claim that if we only allowed foreign ships with unvetted and unknown foreign crews to have unfettered access to America\u2019s inland waterways, gas, diesel, and natural gas prices would suddenly drop. But this silly theory omits some very important facts. Chief among them is that pipelines are by far the cheapest, safest, and most environmentally friendly way to move oil and natural gas across the United States. So if you\u2019re frustrated by high energy costs, supporting pipelines makes a lot more sense than jumping on the fact-free bandwagon of Jones Act detractors.<\/p>\n<p>What repeal would do is aid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a>,\u00a0which has an ambitious plan for world domination and is trying to monopolize global shipping. The totalitarian regime is strategically buying and controlling ports worldwide and is slowly trying to place a noose around America\u2019s neck so that it won\u2019t even have to fight an all-out war to defeat us.\u00a0Imagine helping China gain control of our national shipping infrastructure. That is precisely what the Jones Act prevents.<\/p>\n<p>China heavily subsidizes its shipping industry, eliminating the need for innovation that would normally occur through marketplace competition.\u00a0A healthy industry sees innovation, and critics of the Jones Act don\u2019t understand that their actions will cripple the U.S. shipping industry.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3311951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14\/2107054-5-1200x674.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3311951\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14\/2107054-5-1200x674.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A China Ocean Shipping Company container ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on May 14, 2019. (Eric Risberg\/AP Photo)<\/figure>\n<p>The Jones Act merely requires that if you want to deliver goods between two or more U.S. ports (without visiting a foreign port in between), you must be an American ship and have an American crew. This simple law provides significant national security, homeland security, and border security benefits to America and ensures that our military has access to a viable shipbuilding and repair industry. To be blunt, we cannot outsource our military\u2019s shipbuilding and ship repair needs to China or others.<\/p>\n<p>While the American shipbuilding and shipping industries are smaller than China\u2019s, ours are more innovative because they must compete within the United States for business and find ways to better serve the public and reduce costs. They can\u2019t go to the government for a handout to cover their losses.<\/p>\n<p>Innovation is America\u2019s ace in the shipping hole. Smart ship technology is being developed here at home. It is making shipping more efficient and potentially safer, too. A number of high-tech innovations are being deployed on American ships, such as artificial intelligence, big data analysis, employing the Internet of Things on ships, usage of drones, and autonomous control (under the right circumstances)\u2014to name only a few. These can help manage shipping so that we cut down on costs and improve delivery times. Some studies suggest that as much as one-third of shipping space is unused. New technologies could help maximize the usage of that space\u2014thus increasing shipping capacity, lowering costs, and making delivery times faster.<\/p>\n<p>But an industry that is under attack won\u2019t invest the billions required to develop and adopt these new technologies. Healthy industries hire more workers, pay their workers better, provide employment stability and security, and can invest in future technologies to help keep them ahead of the curve. We\u2019ve seen an oil industry slowdown mostly because it has been threatened with regulatory havoc. There\u2019s no reason to invest billions when government policymakers are gunning to put you out of business. To be clear, threatening regulatory havoc upon our shipping industry only benefits China\u2019s ambitions. So we need to be smarter than that.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the Interlake Steamship Company put into service the first Great Lakes freight ship in almost 40 years, the Mark W. Barker, a freighter longer than two football fields. That\u2019s good news\u2014American shippers are investing in the next generation of shipping.\u00a0More of this needs to be encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>A plan that allows spies, saboteurs, equipment, and weapons to be brought into America\u2019s heartland will prove costly in the long run. A strong and thriving shipping industry is great for the homeland and consumers and should be supported.<\/p>\n<p><i>Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-a-j-rice\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WEB_A.J.Rice_.jpg\" alt=\"A.J. Rice\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A.J. Rice is CEO of\u00a0Publius PR, a\u00a0premier\u00a0communications\u00a0firm in Washington, D.C. Rice is a brand manager, star-whisperer, and\u00a0auteur\u00a0media influencer, who has produced or promoted Laura Ingraham, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Monica Crowley, Charles Krauthammer, Alan Dershowitz, Roger L. Simon, Steve Hilton, Victor Davis Hanson, and many others. Find out more at\u00a0publiuspr.com.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CommentaryAmerica\u2019s shipping industry isn\u2019t a whipping boy\u2014it\u2019s one of our strengths.\u00a0Sadly, the Jones Act, which promotes U.S. shippers, is treated like it is. 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