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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by noir_lord on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:35AM (#22625376)
Same reason there are rules about ships going between US ports been manufactured in the US - to keep strategic ship building capacity in the event of a war.
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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by tobylane on Thursday March 19, 2020 @03:49AM (#22625431)
That well meaning law means there’s one cruise ship that fits the requirements, all the others visit one foreign port. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_of_America

It looks like the cargo ship law, Jones Act, is more successful in creating capacity.

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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by brobdingnagians on Thursday March 19, 2020 @05:24AM (#22625848)
Even then, it took a special exemption from Congress since it was towed to and finished in Germany after the initial company filed bankruptcy.

> Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd acquired the unfinished ship and was towed to Germany for completion as Pride of America for their newly launched NCL America division. > A special exemption on the part of the U.S. government allowed the modified, mostly German-built ship to attain U.S. registry. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_of_America

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Re:GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobiliz... by dantheman on Thursday March 19, 2020 @08:37AM (#22626842)
The Jones act is a complete failure. https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/jones-act-...
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