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The Great Jones Act Debate

2025/3/20
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Colin Grabo: 我强烈反对《琼斯法案》。我认为该法案未能实现其既定的目标，即提供高效的国内水路运输和满足国家安全需求。该法案导致美国国内水路运输成本过高，远高于国际运输成本，这阻碍了美国国内贸易和经济发展。此外，该法案并未有效支持美国造船业，反而导致美国船运公司依赖中国船厂进行维修，这与国家安全目标相悖。许多证据表明，《琼斯法案》对美国经济和国家安全造成了负面影响。 我主张废除《琼斯法案》中的“美国建造”要求。我认为，通过强制美国企业以过高的价格购买新船来促进健康的航运业，本身就是荒谬的。美国造船业的现状堪忧，这充分证明了《琼斯法案》的失败。我们应该停止那些行不通的做法，转而采取有效的方法来支持美国造船业，例如，有针对性的政府补贴。 Sara Fuentes: 我坚决支持《琼斯法案》。我认为该法案对美国的经济安全、国家安全和国土安全至关重要。该法案创造了大量的美国就业机会，并促进了经济安全和自给自足，尤其是在美国非毗连地区。此外，该法案维护了美国的造船工业基础，为国家安全做出了贡献，并保障了美国内河航道的安全，防止了污染和安全隐患。 取消《琼斯法案》将危及美国国家安全，因为中国可能会利用低价策略控制美国航运市场。这将导致美国65万海员失业，并削弱美国的造船业。此外，取消该法案将增加美国内河航道的安全风险，因为会有大量身份不明的船只进入美国水域。因此，我认为，为了维护美国的国家利益，我们应该保留《琼斯法案》，并考虑增加造船补贴以增强其竞争力。

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This chapter sets the stage for a debate on the Jones Act, a controversial shipping law. It introduces the opposing viewpoints of Colin Grabow (anti-Jones Act) and Zahra Fuentes (pro-Jones Act), highlighting the core arguments that will be explored throughout the episode.
  • The Jones Act restricts domestic port-to-port transport to US-flagged, US-crewed, and US-built vessels.
  • The law's supporters emphasize economic and national security benefits, while opponents point to high shipping costs and inefficiencies.

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We finally did it. We finally did an episode on the Jones Act. For years on the podcast, we've been referencing this controversial law from 1920, which places restrictions on domestic port-to-port transport in the United States. But we had never actually done an episode on what it is, why it was created, and why people feel so fervently about either keeping or maintaining it. There are plenty of people who feel that this law is an inhibitor of US growth, because domestic water-based shipment of goods requires a US-flagged, US-crewed, and US-built vessel. And yet the law persists — for over a century now. At our live show in Washington DC, we spoked with the Cato Institute's Colin Grabow (who took the anti side) and the Transportation Institute's Sara Fuentes (who took the pro side). They explained their respective positions on questions of the economics and national security in a lively, heated (but polite) debate.

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