Nearly 100 years ago, the Panama Canal hosted its first passage, a watershed event that has influenced the landscape of shipping and transportation ever since. Now, the canal is due to rattle international trade once more, potentially reshaping the way sea-borne shipping and rail lines tackle business in the world’s largest consumer nation.
Panama Canal: Speed Will Be Key for US Transport in ‘Post-Panamax’ Era – CNBC.
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Spending our federal tax dollars to deepen the east coast ports would allow more reduced costs to off-shore companies and make their products even more competitive. This in turn, would result in further decreases in our own manufacturing employment. Who will be left to pay American taxes?