THE JONES ACT: A NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE

摘要

Mr. Gray's opinion piece, titled Jones Act "Build American" Provision Strikes Again, asserts the claim that short sea shipping will not become reality until the U.S.-build requirement of the Jones Act is abolished. With this statement, Mr. Gray misrepresents the facts and neglects economic and national security implications by failing to mention that the Jones Act, the long established U.S. maritime law, is no more preferential to domestic manufacturing capacity than the foreign government shipbuilding subsidies in Asia and Europe to which Mr. Gray would like to see American jobs outsourced.