{"id":109798,"date":"2026-03-03T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/897271478"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:46:11","slug":"how-protectionism-sank-american-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/how-protectionism-sank-american-shipping\/","title":{"rendered":"How Protectionism Sank American Shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/webapi.project-syndicate.org\/library\/d550bdec74f38de122b08b4df2dfffcc.2-1-super.1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<nav class=\"article__interaction fbg-image__inlay\" aria-label=\"Article actions\">\n<p> <span class=\"language__short\" role=\"presentation\">en<\/span> <span class=\"language__label\">English<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <a title=\"Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/section\/economics\" data-entity-type=\"static-link\" data-entity-id data-language=\"english\" data-event-action=\"click\" data-entity-link-name=\"economics\" class=\"track-event article__banner banner\" data-href-original=\"\/section\/economics\"><span>Economics<\/span><\/a> <\/nav>\n<address class=\"article__byline u-mt-se\"> <time datetime=\"2026-03-03T15:23Z\" class=\"vl-divider\">Mar 3, 2026<\/time> <span class=\"byline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/columnist\/anne-o-krueger\" data-entity-type=\"member\" data-entity-id=\"53bd59ee4a423111c86dfca1\" data-language=\"english\" data-event-action=\"click\" data-entity-link-name=\"anne-o-krueger\" class=\"track-event\" data-href-original=\"\/columnist\/anne-o-krueger\"><span class=\"listing__author author\">Anne O. Krueger<\/span><\/a><\/span> <\/address>\n<div class=\"article__abs u-mt-se\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scroll-area=\"start\">\n<p>More than a century of shielding domestic shipbuilding and shipping has left the industry less competitive than ever. President Donald Trump\u2019s latest effort to revitalize it risks making matters worse by driving up trade costs and entrenching the very structural weaknesses it purports to fix.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"article__body article__body--commentary paywall english\" data-page-area=\"article-body\">\n<p data-line-id=\"59a8ec2f6f7c448e82318f38dbf155b0\"> WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 No US industry has been harmed more by protectionism than shipbuilding and shipping. In 1920, Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act \u2013 commonly known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2024-12\/Jones%20Act%20ICP_Complete_04DEC24.pdf\">Jones Act<\/a> \u2013 required that all shipping between American ports be conducted on vessels built in the United States, owned by Americans, and crewed by American seamen, thereby granting domestic producers monopoly power. The result was not renewal but decline: aside from a temporary surge during World War II, both US shipbuilding and the global presence of American-flagged vessels have steadily eroded. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <span data-scroll-area=\"center\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; century of shielding domestic <span class=\"match\">shipbuilding<\/span> and <span class=\"match\">shipping<\/span> has left the &#8230; more by protectionism than <span class=\"match\">shipbuilding<\/span> and <span class=\"match\">shipping<\/span>. In 1920, Section &#8230; Act \u00e2\u0080\u0093 required that all <span class=\"match\">shipping<\/span> between American ports be &#8230; War II, both US <span class=\"match\">shipbuilding<\/span> and the global presence &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}