The economy, leadership and national defence concerns are the key factors at stake for the maritime industry as the US prepares to cast votes in the bitterly contested presidential elections.
Speaking to TradeWinds before this week’s first debate between Republican real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump and former Secretary of State and Senator Hillary Clinton, few maritime policy experts expressed concerns for the hot-button issues at the top of the agenda for the domestic shipping industry — like the Jones Act cabotage law or the decline of the internationally trading US-flag shipping fleet.
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