Hear him! Hear him!
Not canada though.
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Goal should be 40 to 50 percentage domestic manufacturing for most consumer goods and 60 to 70 percent for medical and critical supplies.
America First. I like Canadian lumber and food.
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And so … ?
This ^^
The point of the OP article is that the EPA is not enforcing it.
and so they are out trying to get as many idiots as they can to actually believe this is due to a law in 2011 instead of the staggering ineptitude of this child clown administration
If the backlog of ships to be unloaded were due to a shortage of trucks because of CA law that was enacted in 2011, that is on the trucking companies for not preparing for it.
It’s a moot point because this problem is not due to a shortage of trucks. It is a systemic issue that is occurring globally and at other US ports and rail hubs.
Well the same thing is going to happen to Califs when the new year rolls around and very few pork producers have operations that fit the standards Califs voted into place years ago.
That one is gonna impact us all too.
Stupid Califs vote stupids laws into effect. Companies say, “Damn, that’s stupid. We’re not gonna comply…” Eventually the drop dead date rolls around, and … things drop dead.
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California consumes 15% of the pork in the US. We’ll see how many pork producers want to give up that market.
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How about Texas ports of entry?
By sea, it’s 5,000 miles between the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Miami.
Galveston adds another 600 miles.
I actually agree with the California law here. Have you seen the gestation crates sows are kept in? Tiny cages with no room to move.
So how long to sail around Cape Horn?
It’s said it’s 7-8 days through the Canal but some container vessels are too big.
I would guess it’s at least twice as long, to go around Cape Horn. Maybe 3-4 times.
Let’s say 15,000 miles.
Rough estimate, 20+ days? Depending on the ship.
Precisely why it’s gonna hurt the rest of us. Compliance with the regulation will be expensive.
Another approach would be for some hoggers to tool up to the new standards. Currently 4% comply now. (And their pork is more expensive.) Maybe another 11% will retool, and those 15% can service Calif with their expensive pork. The remaining 85% can sell to the rest of us just as they are today.
PS: If all hoggers comply, their expensive pork will never sell in Asia. Big market to lose there.
Sail those ships to TX and never sail to Calif. again. Keep going to TX or some other state.
As for Calif? Who cares? 
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Texas ports have already said they are “overburdened”. Whatever that means, they’ve been pretty quiet about whats going on in their ports.
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Anybody got any of those infrastructure weeks laying around?
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Samsung has been dangling a mega fab in front of a few states for a couple years and making them fight for it. Still no announcement.
Samsung should announce soon that their new fab is going to be in Taylor, TX.
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