[JonPreston]

the root causes of the shipping crisis

Starting with Bush #41, the Republican party married the concept of Free Trade. With that they signed the GATT, the WTO and NAFTA. That is why we have a supply chain that extends to China rather than the 48 contiguous states.

[central_va]

Starting with Bush #41, the Republican party married the concept of Free Trade. With that they signed the GATT, the WTO and NAFTA. That is why we have a supply chain that extends to China rather than the 48 contiguous states.

Sadly very few Republicans will admit to this absolute truth.

[SFConservative]

... the Republican party married the concept of Free Trade. With that they signed the GATT, the WTO and NAFTA.

If it was real Free Trade, you would not have these trade agreements, or they would just contain one sentence: "We mutually agree to not interfere with free trade." The trade agreements are a complex web of allocations, tariffs and restrictions by which the government parties to these deals put their politicized thumbs on the scale and steer money to favored groups in their respective countries.

[angrymarine]

Did not read article because opening “hook” question was stupid. Why 1 crane for 50 to 100 trucks? How many containners can a crane pick up per day to load on a truck (dunno, but more than 1). How many containers can a truck carry? 1.

[Jim Noble]

Starting with Bush #41, the Republican party married the concept of Free Trade. With that they signed the GATT, the WTO and NAFTA. That is why we have a supply chain that extends to China rather than the 48 contiguous states.

+1

See my tagline.