There is a labor monopoly at West Coast ports and no I'm not interested in seeing Mexican ports compete with them. We import enough Asian crap to run a huge trade deficit. We don't need more port capacity. The search for additional port capacity is a sickness
Do you think that competition will increase capacity, lower costs, and bring benefits to consumers?
I could give a shit as long as we are running 850 billion dollar trade deficits
Do you think that we should use the force of government to prevent a new transportation corridor from being built? Do you have a vested interest in maintaining the labor monopoly on the west coast ports?
Yes. If that labor monopoly must be broken then do it by competitive forces within the United States. Don't use a foreign country to bludgeon American workers
You do not demonstrate much knowledge about university faculty employment. Universities already hire many foreign faculty. There is no official certification for university faculty. If you want a tenure track position at a major research university, you need a doctorate and demonstrated research skills, typically published papers. If you want a tenure track position at a teaching university, you still need a doctorate. If you want to teach as a lecturer, you typically only need a masters degree or advanced knowledge of a subject area. Faculty positions are competitive so you need a doctorate from a recognized school, good skills, and good recommendations. Faculty members from good foreign universities do not need any certification here. Earning a doctorate can take 3 to 6 years beyond a masters degree. There is no way to expedite the process. Perhaps you are confusing faculty positions with requirements to practice medicine and law.
If you have a business model to lower the costs of university education, you should invest your time and money. University education costs desperately need lowering. If you or someone else finds a way to lower costs through usage of advanced communication costs, master professors, learning centers, and outsourced labor, I would not object. The university education establishment would probably fight hard against it but I doubt that legislators would stop an effort.
Here I admit you know more about the university labor situation. Barriers to entry.
I have sympathy for Americans affected by global trade. I am open to retraining programs and temporary help. In the long run, I do not see how to protect Americans from foreign competition. We either learn to compete or accept a lower standard of living. On balance, increased trade has provided substantial net benefits for the US economy.
In any dynamic economy, there will be winners and losers. It seems that you focus on the losers in a dynamic economy. I see the larger picture of benefits to the entire economy. I also see the potential of Americans to innovate and prosper in a dynamic economy. The villian in the picture are politicians who make it more difficult to compete because of high taxes, onerous requlations, lawsuit madness, and other bad policies.
I have no sympathy for union thugs. Unions are monopolists whose goals are to limit choices and increase costs to consumers. The west coast unions are especially egregious because they have effectively blocked competition. I see no way to open competition to the west coast ports.
I do not see why private individuals should not be allowed to open new ports in Mexico. There are legitimate issues of subsidies for the new transportation corridors. I do not favor subsidies for new transportation corridors.
You indicate that we should not increase shipping capacity. In a private economy, investors and consumers make that decision, not politicians. If investors sense a demand for additional capacity, they should be able to invest. If consumers do not want the shipped goods, the investors will lose money.