New, from me: "New U.S. Tariffs Are Contributing to the Shipping Crisis, and There’s Little We Can Do About It" cato.org/blog/new-us-ta…
Amidst all the news on the #ShippingCrisis threatening the economic recovery, little's been said abt the new, 221%(!) trade remedy duties the US just slapped on imports of an essential piece of freight equipment (intermodal chassis) from the world's largest supplier (China) /2
This is undoubtedly exacerbating the current US chassis shortage, raising shipping prices and increasing bottlenecks: /3 
It also contradicts Biden's own consumer-protection priorities in the US shipping sector. Yet the duties were applied anyway, & US law prohibits the agencies from even considering the economic/policy implications. (Other countries do this.)
Heckuva system we have here 🤬 /x
Heckuva system we have here 🤬 /x
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