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Jones Act

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U.S. federal law requiring domestic water transport between U.S. ports to use American-built, American-owned, and American-crewed ships

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policy shipping regulation legislation trade policy maritime

Criticisms (2)

Alex Epstein criticizes
"Number one to piss a whole bunch of people off is let's stop using this Jones Act. It leads to all these crazy crazy things."
FULL INTERVIEW: Alex Epstein on The Oil Market’s Biggest Geopolitical Threat · Mar 2026
Alex Epstein criticizes
"Let's stop using this Jones Act. The Jones Act is a set of restrictions that say that you can only transport things among ports in the United States if you have everything basically American."
Oil & AI, Alex Epstein Joins, Adam Smith, Recursive Self-Improvement · Mar 2026

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