Carriers: Jones Act could ruin trans-Atlantic deal

The ECSA fears that the US Jones Act rules could muddle up the important US-EU trade negotiations currently underway. International carriers need unrestricted access to US ports, the association says.
BY KATRINE GRØNVALD RAUN

Negotiators from the EU and the US are meeting these days to discuss the trans-Atlantic deal set to reduce trade barriers between the two regions. But the American Jones Act rules, which prevent non-US controlled ships from carrying goods and persons between US ports, could stand in the way of the agreement, according to European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA).

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