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President Donald Trump It is seeking to revive the US militant shipbuilding industry, which is heavily lagging behind China, and has recently signed an executive order to begin a series of initiatives for growth.
In particular, the arrangement of April 10 requires agencies to build A The Maritime Action Program and teaches the US Trade Representative To provide a list of recommendations to counter “China's anti -competitive measures in the shipbuilding industry”, including other.
But there is a law, the old century, the cornerstone of the US shipbuilding industry, which supporters believe that it is the most important goals of national security, while critics claim that they are significantly tired in the US shipbuilding industry: Jones law.
President Donald Trump is seeking to revive the US -made shipbuilding industry and has recently signed an executive order to begin a series of initiatives for growth. (Associated Press / Associated Press)
The controversial Jones law is an action adopted in the maritime law of merchants adopted in 1920, which requires only US ships to carry cargo between US ports, stating that at least 75 % of the crew members are US citizens. In addition, they call for these ships in the United States and belong to American citizens.
Maritime Trader's law describes various regulations for marine trade and ship maintenance in the United States
While supporters of Jones law claim to increase national security and prevent foreign countries from accessing the United States, critics believe the law has become outdated and that while increasing shipbuilding costs, it prevents competition in the industry.
“Anyone who is serious about revitalizing the transportation industry should basically start by getting rid of Jones law,” Veronique de rugy, a senior researcher at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
“That's not all, but that's a start,” he said.
According to Daggi, the law has led to less reduction in ships, as they are more costly than countries such as China, South Korea or Japan, which dominate the shipbuilding market. He said that over time, this has led the United States to obtain the obsolete aging fleet.
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Trump's efforts to revive the US shipbuilding industry are carried out while US routes near peer competitors such as China in ship construction. China has more than 50 % of global shipbuilding compared to only 0.1 % of the United States, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Colin Grabo, director of the Kato Institute of Commerce Policy Studies, said that while Jones' law is not fully blamed to bring all the problems of the shipbuilding industry, it is mainly a shortage of ships in the United States.
“I think the bar is so low, it is not hard to think, in the absence of Jones, as we get worse,” Grabo said. “And in fact, I think we are doing better.
Lawmakers, including Senator Mike Lee, R-Auta, have launched efforts to abolish Jones law. For example, Lee nominated the WaterWays Open America in January 2024 to abolish the law.
The office of Senator Mike Lee, R-Auta, confirmed that the Senator nominates the law to revoke Jones law at the Congress. (Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc through Getty Images / Getty Images)
Lee's office confirmed to Fox News on Thursday that the senator re -introduce the law at the congress.
However, previous attempts to abolish Jones' law have failed, and this is a serious support for a two -way legislator in Congress. Supporters claim that the law reinforces national security by maintaining a trade fleet capable of carrying military cargo in times of conflict and ensuring that foreign nations do not have access to US waterways.
In addition, military leaders have expressed their support for the move.
For example, the US Transport Commander General Randal Reed told Mazi Herono, D-Hawaii and other Senate Armed Services Committee lawmakers in March that the law is important for military readiness.
“Jones' law allows us to actually have transportation sources,” Rid said. “Because of this, we have a way to build ships here in the United States that we can sell those ships to preserve the sailing business, we can produce the crew that boats, so that we have the core of” Mariners “.
“At the same time, if the nation needs people to go to the sea, we can ask that force to boast,” Rid said. “We will be more secure through this way.”
Senator Mazi Hirono asked General Randal Reed about Jones's law in March. (Photo by Tom Williams-Estel / Getty Pictures / Giti Pictures)
In addition, the US Navy League, a nonprofit and offshore lawyer, has repeatedly stated that the Jones law supports the Coast Guard Border Security Mission.
In a document released in 2023, the Navi League said: “Without Jones' law, coastal guard and customs and borders with a new burden ensure that foreign marinners are properly reviewed, including work permits, hundreds of indoor waterways to prevent home security accidents.”
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Meanwhile, Trump has shown his interest in some kind of reform and has approved the work with Congress to pass laws allowed to buy ships from foreign countries on April 10, though he did not provide specific details. If the effort is successful, but Grabow said it would make Jones' deeds in a solid place and weaken their reasoning.
However, Grabo said that it is unlikely that the effort to completely terminate the law will be successful, although this is more attention than in the past.
“You just see more and more chatter, and more and more, it looks (it seems) to wake up the fact that this law does not work,” Grabo said. “The fact that we are even an indictment about the revival of shipbuilding, if the law was working, why can we even do this conversation?”