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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023 30:17

The federal government passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and other pieces of legislation trying to curb expensive trends, possible price gouging and alliances among carriers. But how far is the US government willing to go in order to protect economic interests? At what price is the country paying with other areas of maritime shipping lagging behind? Ultimately, where is this new attitude of regulation headed in the near future? Maritime attorney Lauren Beagen, maritime historian Dr. Sal Mercogliano and Senior Fellow for the Institute of Maritime Security John D. McCown join Bill Priestley on this edition of FreightWaves Presents. Follow the FreightWaves Presents Podcast Other FreightWaves Shows Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Congressman Dusty Johnson on Global Leadership and Dr. James Bosbotinis on Hypersonic Weapons

Breaking Battlegrounds

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 57:03

This week on Breaking Battlegrounds, we are joined by friend of the show, Congressman Dusty Johnson of South Dakota. Later in the program, we speak with Dr. James Bosbotinis, a UK-based specialist in defense and international affairs.-Dusty Johnson brings an energetic and optimistic style to Washington as South Dakota's lone voice in the U.S. House of Representatives. A recognized leader in issues related to rural America, agriculture, and welfare reform, he serves on the Agriculture Committee and as Chairman of the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee. As a member of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Dusty has been focused on finding solutions to the supply chain crisis through his Ocean Shipping Reform Act which passed the House in 2021. Appointed to the Select Committee on China, Dusty addresses the 360-degree threat posed by China, especially their ownership of American ag land and ag businesses and control over tech. Prior to being elected to Congress, he served as chief of staff to the Governor and as vice president of an engineering firm specializing in rural telecommunications. Dusty lives in Mitchell with his wife and three sons.-Dr James Bosbotinis is a specialist in defence and international affairs. He has particular expertise in the study of contemporary maritime strategy, assessing naval and air force developments, geopolitical analysis, and generating understanding of the connections between maritime strategy and national policy. Dr Bosbotinis has extensive experience encompassing academic and policy-relevant research and analysis for a range of customers, including UK government bodies. He has written widely on issues including the development of British maritime strategy, maritime airpower, Russian maritime doctrine, naval and wider military (including nuclear) modernisation, long-range strike technologies (including hypersonic weapons) and their impact on strategy, and China's evolving strategy. He is the Book Reviews Editor of The Naval Review, and an Associate Member of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, King's College London.”-Connect with us:www.breakingbattlegrounds.voteTwitter: www.twitter.com/Breaking_BattleFacebook: www.facebook.com/breakingbattlegroundsInstagram: www.instagram.com/breakingbattlegroundsLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/breakingbattlegrounds- TranscriptionSam Stone: [00:00:11] Welcome to Breaking battlegrounds with your host, Chuck Warren. I'm Sam Stone. Folks, up first as our guest today, a returning guest and friend of the program. Welcome to Congressman Dusty Johnson, the lone representative from South Dakota. He serves on the as chairman of the Commodity Markets Digital Assets and Agriculture Committee. Or sorry, I am all over the place reading this today. He serves on the Agriculture Committee and as chairman of the Commodity Markets, Digital Assets and Rural Development Subcommittee and as a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He's also been doing a lot of work as part of the Select Committee on China. Dusty, thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the program.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:00:53] Well, thanks for having me again. I'm glad I didn't flunk the first appearance.Chuck Warren: [00:00:57] We are, too. I've been horrible for ratings. All right. So China has made a secret agreement with Cuba, which is about 100 miles south of Florida. For those of you who bet on geography that they're going to do electronic eavesdropping facility in Cuba, is this alarming or should it be?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:01:16] It is alarming. It's alarming for two reasons. Number one, I mean, they're going to have the capability to do all kinds of electronic surveillance across the southeastern United States from there. That's going to give them access to stuff that they don't otherwise have. They can't get this same stuff from space. They could get it from balloons. But obviously, balloons are pretty easy to to bring down. So this is going to give them new capabilities, particularly to scoop up information communications from military sites in the southeastern United States. But the second reason it's concerning is that it shows additional provocation by Xi Jinping. They just keep pushing the envelope. They keep pushing us. They want us to know that they're going to be the bosses of the next 100 years. And it's a problem. I mean, we have a rules based international system was largely erected by the United States after World War II and our allies. And China hates it. They just hate it. They don't think those rules of fair play make any sense. They want to knock down that system and build a new international system with their values at the core of it. And all of these provocations are just part of a longer term strategy. And I would just say this by way of closure. They have a strategy. I'm not sure our country does. I think we just we don't have a thoughtful and deliberate plan on how to make sure that the next century continues to be part of, you know, an American century.Chuck Warren: [00:02:46] Speaking of that, so now we're talking about Cuba. Is the United States with really no strategy neglecting Central and South America, which China seems to be focusing on?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:02:58] Yes. Yeah, we. So many Americans. I mean, we're in a little bit of an isolationist time. People want to, you know, America first. And listen, of course, when we make policies, we should look first to how is it going to impact America, How is it going to strengthen American prosperity and security? But America first can't mean America. Only some people will sometimes say, well, why would we care about Guyana? Why would we care about, you know, Qatar? Why would we care about Ukraine? But when we recede from international leadership and create a vacuum, China is all too willing to step up and fill that void. They love it. They love it when Americans put our head in the sand. They what I would call the Southern globe. They really are trying to be the dominant force there. China is the largest trading partner with every single South American country. That's it used to be America, and now it's China. In public opinion surveys, increasingly, citizens of African nations are saying that it is China that is the leader of the world and not the United States.Sam Stone: [00:04:03] Well, and that is a matter of world opinion, not U.S. Opinion, too. I think we have to take that into consideration. You can't be the leader of the world just because the people in your country say so.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:04:14] Right. Yeah, that's a really good point. And I just think a world where people think China is in charge is a more dangerous world for freedom. And the thing that I've loved about America through the last 247 years is that to a greater degree than any other country in the history of the world, we have been on the side of the right guys, of the good guys, and we've fought for values. And, you know, we haven't been perfect, but we've gotten it right way more often than anybody else has. And that is not China's track record.Chuck Warren: [00:04:46] Well, and it's interesting. China has sort of become the world's loan shark. It's loaning money to these third world countries for ports, infrastructure. When they can't pay it back.Sam Stone: [00:04:57] They kneecap.Chuck Warren: [00:04:57] Them. They kneecap them. Exactly. And trademarked that term. And so we do that. And so that brings me to we talked about I feel the United States for decades has ignored Central and South America. Right? I mean, we have every abundant resource in the world in our hemisphere. We seem to ignore it. And now you have The Washington Post came out this morning with the Saudi crown prince privately threatened a major economic pain on the US amid a showdown over oil cuts. Leaked intelligence show. And now you have Saudi Arabia inviting China over. We just dropped the ball here. I mean, I don't I don't think I have felt this insecure about our ability in the world right now since I have the late 70s.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:05:44] And I would tell you, this sort of sense of populism that's growing on both sides of the aisle is contributing to that. Free trade is out of vogue. It used to be that that was a key Republican value, that a willing buyer, a willing seller, that kind of free trade without undue government intervention that made both sides more prosperous. Again, it's voluntary. I mean, they're only going to enter into it if they if it makes their individual lives or country stronger. Correct? At least in theory. I mean, Colombia is the fifth largest market for American corn. Is that because Colombia's a top five nation in population or wealth? No, is because Colombians have some unique tastes for corn. No, it's because we have a free trade agreement with Colombia. And so the invisible hand just kind of wants this American product to flow toward that country. And this administration, the Biden administration has no trade policy, Zero. There have been no there's been no progress on any trade deal in the last two and a half years. And the world when I have people come to my office from other countries, they they want to do business with America. They want to buy our beef, our dairy, our corn. They want to buy our manufactured goods. And we are not making it very easy for them. And you're right, that kind of stepping back of American leadership is absolutely. Injuring American competitiveness.Sam Stone: [00:07:14] Well, they want to buy our products because our products are well made. They're safer than food coming from China. Know all of those things. We have this really good capitalist system, but at the head of it is a government that has no idea what it's doing and keeps making radical course changes between administrations. That has to be throwing out all of our allies for a loop.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:07:37] That it is they they still realize that, you know, when we lead, we're the best leader in the world. There's nobody else can bring to the table what America does. They get a little nervous when they feel like America is too inward focused. Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, told me a few months ago that America's political division is a global security threat, that when our Republicans and our Democrats are bickering, the rest of the world gets concerned. And when we're getting along, when America is united, the whole world just breathes a sigh of relief. Oh, thank goodness. Mom and dad, they're the cops on the beat. There's going to be more security. There's going to be more free trade. There's going to be more prosperity across the globe. When we drop the ball, everybody feels it.Sam Stone: [00:08:30] How much is what China is doing right now is really reminiscent of an economic version, if you will, of the Empire Building of the 18th and 19th and early 20th century. How did they how do Chinese people view what they're trying to do in their territorial ambitions? Have you gotten any information on that from your briefings? I mean, do they have real popular support in their country for this sort of muscular foreign diplomacy?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:09:00] We heard from two survivors of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Last week, it was the anniversary of the massacre. And what was most interesting to me about that briefing wasn't just replaying the terrible events of that day, but about how little awareness there is among the Chinese people about the actions of their government. The Great Chinese Firewall is for real. It is very difficult for everyday Chinese people to gain understanding of what their government is doing. And this is the most sophisticated surveillance state that has ever been constructed with human knowledge. And I don't I think Americans don't understand how bad it is. I mean, there are regions in China where you can only get toilet paper in a public restroom by scanning your ID. They want to know where you are. They want to know what you're doing. They want to know how much toilet paper you're using. This is an almost breathtakingly deep invasion of people's privacy, so people are not comfortable speaking out there. There is not a free media. And I not only do they not understand what their government is doing today, there is almost no historical memory of the fact that this has been a repressive and oppressive regime for decades. It is a major problem. The Chinese people are not are not an adversary to our nation. It is just Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party.Sam Stone: [00:10:35] Well, and that brings up a good point. You talk about the digital wall that they've created. I mean, one of the ways that we've really advanced towards ending the Cold War and ending the antagonism with the Soviet Union was with Voice of America, with other communications, where they started seeing on TV the lies their government was telling. Because their government says everyone in America, its poor, it's racked by race riots. All the time. It's a terrible place to live. And then I talked to one ex-Soviet who said, hey, they showed us that. But then they're saying these are the ghettos and everyone has cars and none of us had cars. How do we break through the digital wall? I mean, is there a way for us to start trying to to direct more information to these folks?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:11:25] Yes. And I think things like low earth, low orbit satellites can can play a role in giving people access to Internet that doesn't go through the great Chinese firewall. It can help, you know, one, 1.5 billion Chinese people understand that their regime is evil and is working to make them subservient every single day. But that requires an investment like putting satellites up in space and giving people access to, you know, the World Wide Web. This is not something that happens for free. And I think in our political system right now, if somebody said, well, we want, you know, X hundreds of millions or, you know, a few billion dollars to be able to deploy these satellites like the Voice of America to cut through these tyrannical regimes. What do you all think? I mean, I think a lot of Americans would say, well, why do I care what's going on in Hong Kong? Why do I care what's going on? I mean, I just it seems like it doesn't affect my life.Chuck Warren: [00:12:24] And well.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:12:25] The so I think we've got some information sharing we got to do. Well.Chuck Warren: [00:12:28] We're almost out of time here for this first segment. But I think my final comment here real quick is there's just so much going on in the world. You're saying, how much can I handle mentally? I think that's a big part of it. Now, we're with Congressman Dusty Johnson, South Dakota. This is breaking battlegrounds. Find us at breaking battlegrounds, dot vote or your favorite podcast. We'll be right back. Welcome back to Breaking Battlegrounds. I'm your host, Chuck Warren and Sam Stone. We are honored to have friend of the show, Congressman Dusty Johnson, Republican from South Dakota, a true leader in Congress. And folks, are you concerned about your retirement? You probably should be. Things aren't getting cheaper. Social Security going to have to be altered some, whether you like it or not, in the future. That's why Sam and I are recommending to you Yrefy? They are a great opportunity to help students pull out of their private loan college debts, and you can get up to a 10.25% return. That's right, 10.25%. So learn more about how to make your investment dollar go further better than the stock market, actually. And that's why we suggest you call Why Yrefy at eight, eight, eight. W Yrefy two four? Again, call eight, eight, eight Yrefy two four and tell him Chuck and Sam sent you.Sam Stone: [00:14:00] Congressman, thank you for sticking with us, folks. He's going to be on for one more segment after this. Also. So, Congressman, we very much thank you for your time this morning. But one thing we wanted to touch on before we move on to other topics is we've been talking about China. You're part of the China Select Committee. We had Congressman Dunn on the program a couple of weeks ago, and he told us something that I actually was not aware of and hadn't heard that all those little South Pacific islands that MacArthur used as essentially the latter to Japan and that we would, quite frankly, need in a war between Taiwan and China to be able to effectively operate in that theater. The Chinese, just like you were talking about in South America, they're making both economic and military overtures and essentially weaponizing that ladder against us. Can you tell us any more about that or is what are they doing? Because it seems very clear that they are gearing up for an attack on Taiwan.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:15:01] Everything you said is absolutely spot on. And we talked about in the first segment about American leadership receding a fair amount across the broader world. There are diplomats who say, oh, you know, from from these smaller countries who say, when I talk to the Chinese, I get an airport. When I talk to the Americans, I get a scolding.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:15:22] And.Sam Stone: [00:15:24] I'll take the airport. Thanks.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:15:27] Yeah. And that's what they're saying now. They know that the airport is going to be built in a very shoddy manner. They know that there's this loan shark mentality that you described, but these are poor countries. And there are times when they've got their backs up against the wall where they don't really know what else to do. They also don't get the sense that this is I mean I mean, Americans have a tendency to view things in pretty stark terms in kind of black and white. I think, by the way, that's when we look at the Chinese Communist Party. We are right to look at them as the bad guys. I think it is that simple. I think Xi Jinping is every bit as big a villain and a tyrant as the famous tyrants of the 20th century we all learned about in third grade. And so I do think that that we are right to look at it in those terms. The rest of the world, you know, these poor countries, they're not so sure. They're trying to make sure their people are fed. And so when these overtures that you're talking about are made, they are far more open to them because America is a little missing in action. Now, I think we have an opportunity here to step up our game because they don't want to cut these deals with the Chinese, but we have to give them an alternative. One more thing in there have been some recent years where where China's Belt and Road initiative invested more money in the developing world than the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund combined. And so it's not just America that's getting outspent by the Chinese. It's really the entire free developed world. We just were getting lapped.Chuck Warren: [00:17:00] Do you think the American public, especially those under the age of 40, really understand what communism is?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:17:05] No, and in part because both political parties are free to use those terms whenever they think that it will provide a short term political benefit. So we really don't I mean, there's not a deep understanding of different political philosophies. No, it is with some communities. It's very clear. I mean, Carlos Gimenez from Florida is on the Select Committee on China with Neal Dunn and myself. And he having spent some time early on in his life in Cuba, I think does understand the backbreaking poverty that can be caused by communism, by socialism. So it's not I mean, it is not unusual among Cuban Americans or among people who emigrated from Eastern Europe for them to understand those concepts. But native born Americans, we just don't get it.Chuck Warren: [00:17:56] I want to switch subjects real quick here. Let's talk about Isgs for a moment. So there's a report out today by the Texas Public Policy Foundation that says under Biden, oil and gas investment is down 80%, 80%. So we just talked earlier about Saudi Arabia threatening economic sabotage on the American economy because Biden doesn't know what he's doing. And now you have these folks that are afraid to put capital on new oil and gas wells, refineries, pipelines, etcetera. We have a problem here because we can be you know, look, there's two things. America should always be self-sufficient on food and energy. There's no reason for it. How do we turn this around?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:18:38] And that is really well said. I do think food and energy are they are the very base of the pyramid. It's hard to build anything upwards if you don't have those as the foundation. And we know that it's almost impossible to cite big projects, whether they be energy or infrastructure in this country. The same project that you can get done in two years in France or Germany takes you five years to get done in this country. I mean, France is not generally considered a paragon of regulatory efficiency. So when we are getting our butts kicked by France, I think that is a should be a major wakeup call. And this is bipartisan, by the way. We've had Secretary Buttigieg come to our transportation committee and talk about how we need to streamline permitting. We have clearly, Senator Manchin has tried to be a leader on this issue. We have really made no meaningful progress until last week. Where the debt ceiling deal, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which I think was pretty unfairly maligned by, you know, far right conservatives for the first time since the 1970s made major improvements in how we can streamline these things. It gives a shot clock for environmental review on energy projects and other projects. So you can't take five years to complete an environmental impact statement. It makes sure that there's a federal government, one agency who's the coordinator who's trying to drive these decisions to fruition. I mean, it does a lot of things that we've been talking about for a long time, but we need even more of it because I think affordable energy is a is an American competitive advantage and we are squandering it.Sam Stone: [00:20:21] Yeah, that's also very well said. It's a huge advantage. We have just about a minute here before we go back to break. We're going to be coming back for our third segment with more from Congressman Dusty Johnson of South Dakota. Congressman, how do folks follow you and your work? Stay in touch with both what you're doing at the Capitol and while you're at home there in South Dakota?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:20:41] Well, at Rep Dusty Johnson, so Rep, Dusty Johnson kind of on all of the social media platforms, not TikTok, because that's just Chinese malware, but basically everywhere else, that's where we're at. And we'd love to have people join the conversation.Sam Stone: [00:20:56] I did a thing not too long ago for a group of folks asking about different social medias. I went through the purpose of each one of them. I got to Tik Tok and I said, If you have this, throw away your phone.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:21:06] Yep, yep. It's true.Sam Stone: [00:21:09] Congressman, thank you so much. We're going to be coming back here with more from Congressman Dusty Johnson on breaking battlegrounds in just a few moments. We want to touch a little bit on something else that's going on that the congressman has been working on, particularly relating to food security here in the United States and to our our food systems. That has been a major focus of his. And thank goodness we do have some folks in there focusing on it. Folks, make sure you download and tune in to our podcast only segment. You can get that wherever you get your podcasts. We are doing quite a bit on that these days. Those segments keep getting longer and longer and Chuck and I have a nice argument for you at the end of this one. So folks, breaking battlegrounds. Back in just a moment. Welcome back to Breaking battlegrounds with your host, Chuck Warren. I'm Sam Stone. On the line with us right now, Congressman Dusty Johnson of South Dakota. Congressman, one of the things that you've been working on really since the pandemic has been our food supply security, its supply chain crisis overall. You've been working on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Tell us what's going on in both of those areas, because I think Americans still don't realize how fragile our supply chain has been ever since 2020 and continues to be right now.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:22:37] There are a lot of factors that make that supply chain pretty fragile. I mean, we're 80,000 truck drivers short. We only have five major ocean carriers. And so if 1 or 2 of them decide that they're not interested in fairly hauling American products to market, we've got a problem. We had done somewhat of an underinvestment in infrastructure over the previous 20 years. I think that's beginning to move back in the right direction. So we do listen. We have some work to do. And just to give you an example, during the kind of the 18 months after the worst of the pandemic, so we've moved past the worst of health issues, but we were still dealing with some economic fragility. 60% of containers that were going back to Asia were going back empty. This at a time when we had American food products literally rotting on the on the on the docks there because the foreign flagged ocean carriers just wanted to make a quick turn. They didn't want to haul American goods. They wanted to get back, grab Chinese iPhones and bring them back quickly. And I totally get it in a in a true free market system. Okay.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:23:49] Listen, you get to decide how you want to make your money. If you can make more money doing that, I guess, good on you. But these guys are using American ports. And I just think at some point you need some basic reciprocity. And we pass the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. It was signed into law last year that said, there has to be if you're going to use American ports, you've got to play by some very basic rules of the road, like not ignoring American goods just because you think it's convenient to do so. And then we're also passed out of committee two weeks ago, a bill that would allow trucks if they add a sixth axle to increase weight so we can have those truck drivers when they're on the road do so safely. It doesn't cause more damage to the roads, it doesn't cause more accidents. It just allows those hardworking men and women to to work smarter and more efficiently. But we've got about 100 other things like that we've got to do throughout the system. If we fail to act, we're just going to give China that much more control over the global economic system.Sam Stone: [00:24:48] Congressman, how much do you think and you touched on this earlier, talking about China, but also talking about just our investment, whether it be a low orbit satellite system here in the southwest. We desperately need some new consideration for desalination and pipelining of water. The power grid across the country is very vulnerable and needs to be hardened. There are all these major infrastructure needs or or project needs here and around the world that we should be participating in investing in. How much more would the American public trust our government if we just started getting these things done?Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:25:29] There is a sense that the era of big projects in America is kind of in the rear view mirror. And I think that's sad because I think the story of the 20th century in this country was so much about big projects, big dreams coming to fruition. I mean, rural electrification. The universal service where we everybody got a dial tone. The interstate highway system. We connected every one of the states. The the damn system that provides, you know, 15 or 20% of the electricity for this country. I mean, it was just major homerun after major homerun where we said this is America, this is the land of builders. And now it's like you can't I mean, you can't get anything built without spending, you know, ten years in litigation.Chuck Warren: [00:26:20] Right. Right.Chuck Warren: [00:26:21] And and it's people it.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:26:22] Makes me sad because we need we need to bring back that American swagger of just competence and construction. That doesn't mean we're going to roll over any landowners rights, but I think it does mean that these getting a maybe answer after ten years is obnoxious. Let's give these companies a yes or no so they can figure out what to go invest in.Chuck Warren: [00:26:44] Well, maybe he's the third worst answer. The best answer is yes. Second best, no. The worst answers may be and that's what we keep doing and what's finally what's funny is the progressives want to keep pushing these things that delay these projects, which would help a lot of low income and middle income families. And I sort of have to agree with Sam. Sam thinks this is on purpose because they want to break America. Congressman 30s, tell us what's going good in America right now.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:27:06] Well, research and development, technology, I mean, those are really the things that make people's everyday lives better. Government tries to screw that stuff up, but thank goodness we're failing and innovation continues.Chuck Warren: [00:27:21] We're with Congressman Dusty Johnson. Congressman, thank you for joining us today. You can find him on all social media, on Twitter at Rep. Dusty Johnson, same thing on Instagram, same thing on Facebook. Congressman, thanks a million.Sam Stone: [00:27:33] Never on TikTok.Chuck Warren: [00:27:34] Never on TikTok. It's communist. Thank you, Congressman. We appreciate it.Congressmen Dusty Johnson: [00:27:38] You bet. Thank you.Chuck Warren: [00:27:38] Bye bye. Bye.Sam Stone: [00:28:06] All right. Welcome back to Breaking Battlegrounds with your host, Chuck Warren. I'm Sam Stone. Folks, are you concerned with stock market volatility, especially with Joe Biden in office? What if you could invest in a portfolio with a high fixed rate of return that's not correlated to the stock market? A portfolio where you know what each monthly statement would look like with no surprises, you can turn your monthly income on or off, compound it, whatever you choose. There's no loss of principle. If you need your money back at any time, your interest is compounded daily, you're paid monthly and there are no fees. So go to investyrefy.com that's invest the letter Y, then refy.com or call them at 88yrefy 24 and get yourself in line to earn up to a 10.25% fixed rate of return. That's right, folks. 10.25% fixed. It's the best deal out there in investing today. So give them a call.investyefy.com or 888 y refy 24 and tell them Chuck and Sam sent you? All right, Chuck. Next up, a guest I'm very excited to talk to doing some very good work in the area of military affairs particularly, he is a specialist in defense and international affairs. They focus on maritime and Air Force developments. Welcome to the program, Dr. James Bosbotinis, He and thank you for joining us this morning. You have some fantastic pieces out on hypersonic weaponry that's being developed. Can you tell us first what is a hypersonic weapon?Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:29:29] Thank you very much. And, uh, it's my pleasure to be speaking to you today. A hypersonic weapon is basically a missile that travels at speeds of in excess of Mach five or faster than the five times faster than the speed of sound. The difference between a hypersonic missile as attention is being drawn to now and a traditional ballistic missile which travel at speeds above Mach five and have been in service, uh, for decades now, is that the new generation of hypersonic weapons that are being developed? Hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles can maneuver within the atmosphere. Which complicates detection, tracking and defense.Sam Stone: [00:30:27] That's one of the first questions. Thank you. That was one of the first questions I was going to ask, because obviously a traditional ICBM is actually coming in faster than than these things go. And we have developed some systems to try to at least target those and be able to shoot them down. But your concern, you say, with these.Sam Stone: [00:30:46] Is.Sam Stone: [00:30:48] There's almost no way to for our current defense systems, our ship point defense systems, our national defense systems to deal with this threat as it evolves at this time.Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:31:00] Defense against the latest hypersonic threats at present is very limited. The United States has said it has a nascent capability against, for example, hypersonic glide vehicles, with the Sm6 deployed on US Navy warships. And it's working to develop a glide phase interceptor, which will enter service later this decade, and that will be capable of intercepting the latest hypersonic threats that are being developed, as we have seen most recently in Ukraine. The Patriot Air defense. Air and missile defense system does offer a capability against the Russian kinzhal The Kinzhal is described as a hypersonic weapon system. And strictly speaking, it is. It travels faster than Mach five. But. It's a sort of entry level hypersonic system. It's an it's effectively an air launched ballistic missile. It's an air launched version of the Russian Iskander Ground launched tactical ballistic missile. So it it falls within the intercept capability of existing systems such as Patriot. The higher end systems glide vehicles such as the Chinese DF 17 or a hypersonic cruise missile. They are much more taxing.Chuck Warren: [00:32:30] Why should Americans, our brothers and sisters, the United Kingdom, freedom loving countries be concerned about Russia and China having hypersonic missiles? Explain to them what is the danger of them in practical terms.Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:32:46] A hypersonic weapons by virtue of their speed, their flight paths, their unpredictable trajectories and maneuverability, make detecting, tracking and engaging them very difficult. So they are particularly well suited to striking very high value targets. It's why the United States, for example, is working to develop its own hypersonic weapons capability. If you want to hit something that is extremely high value, such as an aircraft carrier or a deeply buried, hardened command facility, a hypersonic weapon provides. That effective means of penetrating an adversary's own missile defenses and striking it. Are not a panacea. They're not going to be silver bullets. They form part of a wider strike complex, but because of those particular characteristics, they pose particular challenges. And that is why they are eliciting so much concern in terms of potential adversaries deploying them.Chuck Warren: [00:34:02] The United States obviously omits and shows its power around the world through our aircraft carriers. There are amazing vessels. They show amazing presence. Why would a hypersonic missile mean to our aircraft carrier presence throughout the world? Let's say Russia or Iran have one. What does that mean?Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:34:24] It provides a potent means of targeting the carrier. But a carrier is inherently an extremely difficult target to prosecute. It's mobile. A US carrier will be moving hundreds of miles a day. The maritime environment is inherently dynamic, and to find, fix, track and target a carrier is difficult. You need a very robust supporting kill chain or intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems that can locate the carrier, keep track of it and help cue long range strike systems onto it. And those systems can be targeted kinetically so reconnaissance aircraft can be shot down. They can be targeted for electronic warfare and cyber means. So the system can be disrupted in a in a variety of means. But. Assuming that it's still functioning, the adversary can launch a hypersonic missile, which because it travels so much quicker than a long range than other subsonic long range strike systems, the time a subsonic cruise missile would take to travel, say, 600 miles in an hour. A hypersonic missile can do in, say, ten minutes. So because it's compressing the time that it takes to travel to the target, it means that the carrier and its strike group have a much shorter window in which to detect, track and engage the incoming threat. So that is why hypersonic weapons are seen as posing such a challenge to time critical targets such such as an aircraft carrier.Chuck Warren: [00:36:07] You need people who think on their feet.Sam Stone: [00:36:09] Yeah. One of one of your recent articles on that same point, it's not just compressing the time that a carrier or carrier group has to deal with an incoming threat, But the potential for these missiles to be used in both conventional and nuclear configurations means that for political decision makers, these may compress the time in ways that really, really restrict their ability to react to a situation intelligently. Right.Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:36:39] Yes, there's always the problem with dual capable systems, that is weapon systems which are both nuclear and conventional, that when one is traveling towards you, you don't know whether it is a nuclear weapon on its way or a conventional weapon. And that poses all sorts of challenges in terms of escalation control. Uh, for example, the Chinese DF 26 intermediate range ballistic missile is both conventional and nuclear. And if one is launched in the event of hostilities at Guam, uh, there is no way of telling until it detonates what warhead it it is carrying. So with any dual capable long range strike system that discern that, discerning whether it is nuclear or conventional is a particular problem. And, uh, certainly hypersonic missiles would be would be no different. And, uh. The Russian Kinzhal system, which is being employed against Ukraine, is a dual capable system. And. It's likely that other hypersonic weapon systems will also be dual capable.Chuck Warren: [00:37:56] With Dr. James Bosbotinis, he is a United Kingdom based specialist in Defence and International Affairs. He is co CEO of JB Associates, a geopolitical risk advisory. What have we learned about Russia's military capabilities in Ukraine?Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:38:13] We have learnt that pre-war assessments governing how Russian military modernisation efforts have proceeded over the past decade or so were. Overoptimistic, shall we say, the rush, the deep, deep structural flaws in the Russian military, which are reflective of the wider Russian state, have not been addressed. The Russian. The Russian military. Has. Made fundamental errors. For example. In the employment of the ballistic and cruise missile forces. They spent 20 plus years developing a doctrine of how to employ these. And when war broke out, they didn't actually use them as they had written about how they would use them, which was extremely fortunate for Ukraine. The Russians haven't conducted large scale combined arms training. Their air force does not train to anywhere near the level of Western air forces. They haven't developed the joint command structures, all various issues. Their logistics system is, as we have seen.Sam Stone: [00:39:39] When I was about 11 years old, I had a chance to visit still the Soviet Union, and we were there with a group of writers who were it was the start of glasnost. They were talking about some of the environmental damage. We came back. Everyone was plowed drunk one night from a Georgian restaurant in Moscow. One of the big writers in front of us was trying to open his door to his hotel room. He fell into the door, the door frame and all fell into the room, splintered apart. He rolls over, laughing. He looks back at us and says, And you were afraid of our missiles. I think that in certain sense still describes the nature of Soviet manufacturing and weapons propaganda.Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:40:14] Yes, a lot of Russian weapons systems are not anywhere near to the same standard of equivalent Western missile systems or other weapon systems. On the other hand, they're the they're long range strike systems. They're iskandar's. They're cruise missiles, for example. They have worked uh, it's a question more of the human element in how in how the weapons are employed rather than the actual effect themselves. When a when an Iskander hits a target, it is detonating and it is causing damage and their cruise missiles have proved devastating. But the Russians, instead of launching these weapons at critical national infrastructure targets at the start of the war. Air defense systems, command and control facilities, they used them against civilian targets and firing, for the most part, firing a ballistic missile or a cruise missile against a civilian apartment block is apart from being an absolute war crime, it's also a complete waste of a weapon system. So they didn't actually employ their systems, right? Had they employed them differently, we could have seen a very different. Progression of the conflict.Sam Stone: [00:41:35] Do you think that's partially because they were trying to simply get the Ukrainian people to force a capitulation at that point? Or because that seems like the only reason you do that instead of targeting military assets.Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:41:50] Yes, indeed. The operational planning was guided by completely false assumptions. The Russian government, the Russian government thought that a Ukrainian resistance would collapse after about three days and the Ukrainian people would simply greet the Russians with open with open arms. And so perhaps they thought that there's no need to conduct air strikes against infrastructure targets. Yeah. Dr..Sam Stone: [00:42:20] Dr. James Bosbotinis is a UK based specialist in defense and international affairs, particularly focus on maritime and Air Force development. Dr. How do folks follow you and your work?Dr James Bosbotinis: [00:42:29] I'm on Twitter, I'm on LinkedIn. I write on a freelance basis for a variety of publications.Sam Stone: [00:42:36] We appreciate you having having you on the program here today. I want to bring you back on again in the future. Thank you so much. We're running out of time here in the program, Dr.. But I very much appreciate your time this morning. Well, welcome to the podcast. Only segment of breaking battlegrounds. Want to say thank you to both of our guests today, Congressman Dusty Johnson and Dr. James Bosbotinis. Good discussions there from both of them, Chuck. But there's obviously some really big news kind of stirring the country right now. Broke last night with the indictment of Donald Trump on a number of charges, which are frankly hard to deny that that he did do those things. And it's hard, hard to say he didn't commit a crime, on the other hand. The prosecution. I have a real issue with the prosecution of Donald Trump. When you're not prosecuting Hillary Clinton, when you're not prosecuting everyone else who's taken the documents, it's this way.Chuck Warren: [00:43:40] It's again, a double standard. And that's the problem with it. You know what? I understand and this could be wrong, is he was contacted by our archives and he delivered in January 20th, 22, 15 boxes of documents that they said should not have been taken from the White House. So he gave those back. And then through tips or something, I don't know. It's a little unclear. He supposedly had more documents and that's hence we end up getting a raid in August. So the question is, you know, what they're saying is different versus other people is that when he was approached about it or confronted however you want to term it, he sort of dug his heels on some documents. Now, again, you and I have discussed this. I have always believed that there was such chaos in that White House in the last days that who knows what's packing those boxes, right? Well, yeah. I mean I mean, who knows? I mean, stuff gets thrown in boxes all the time. I mean, they're talking about finding pictures within there and Newsweek and and magazines. So it tells me this wasn't a really well conceived conspiracy to take documents. So the question is, I think.Sam Stone: [00:44:52] They were just throwing everything in the offices in boxes and moving.Chuck Warren: [00:44:55] Out the door. And I think and I think they're going fast because they were disputing 2020. So I think that was their focus plus running the country. And then I think, oh my goodness, it's Sunday and we got to leave Tuesday or whatever. And but I.Sam Stone: [00:45:07] Also don't think that's terribly different than what ends up getting taken out of there by every previous president. Yeah.Chuck Warren: [00:45:13] And and that's what I just don't know. I really wish they would tell us what these documents supposedly are that are endangering national security.Sam Stone: [00:45:19] I mean, my problem with that is claiming it's endangering national security at all, because at the end of the day, Donald Trump is not some foreign asset or weapon that whole narrative has been garbage. If anything, he kept these things for ego. You know, I mean, it's as many presidents do, have a giant ego and they want to be able to, you know, show people after their career this letter they got from the president of France or whatever.Chuck Warren: [00:45:46] Well, there's going to be so much more to come. Again, it does show why Hillary Clinton is not biased, why DOJ is protecting Hunter Biden. These are concerning matters. And if you're going to apply the rule of law, I want it to be applied. Even Steven, I don't want you to be picking who you decide should be prosecuted and who should not. And right now, I think this is the problem for DOJ. Now, I think it's really funny. Look, if you prosecuted.Sam Stone: [00:46:17] Clinton, I would have no problem with them.Chuck Warren: [00:46:19] Prosecuting. I think I think a real funny thing is here's the Biden administration saying we didn't know anything about it till we saw the indictment come through. Oh, come on. Just just I mean, just it's just better say I don't know. It's just such a lie. And the thing is, it puts when they do that.Sam Stone: [00:46:32] Well, they can't be honest because they're using the DOJ to target their political adversary.Chuck Warren: [00:46:36] So if you are a Trump supporter or are you inclined to believe the government is doing rotten things, making a statement like that, people like, come on, of course you know about this, right? And so it will be interesting. You know, we still have the investigation of January 6th. We still have the Georgia investigation, which I'd be surprised if indictments don't come out of that. I mean.Sam Stone: [00:47:01] They're going to.Chuck Warren: [00:47:02] It's a big it's a becoming. Is it becoming just such white noise now that people are ignoring it? That's my.Sam Stone: [00:47:08] Question. It's white noise right up until the point where they actually convict him and lock him up. I mean, which they're really threatening, like lengthy prison sentences with some of this. Yeah. I mean, so we'll see how this plays out. But I got to say, I mean, yeah, I agree. He broke the law and there should not there should be consequences when you break the law. But on the other hand, if the consequences apply only to one side, then you don't have a law.Chuck Warren: [00:47:31] You just. Well, that's.Chuck Warren: [00:47:32] Well, that's that's not rule of law. Yeah. And that's the problem with it. So, you know, it's got to be clearly implemented for everybody or not at all. And that's what apparently that's not what we're even at. We're just like we're going to depending who the political party opponent is, we're prosecuting.Sam Stone: [00:47:48] So this is this is a really politicized federal law enforcement and DOJ right now. And it's really damaging to.Chuck Warren: [00:47:54] It really needs to be cleaned up. It would be I would truly be interested in Congress passing something about some sort of lack of a better term term limits in the DOJ.Sam Stone: [00:48:07] Yeah, absolutely.Chuck Warren: [00:48:09] Something has to be done. It's too entrenched with bureaucratic attorneys.Sam Stone: [00:48:12] Well, you know what I was thinking about the other night and I didn't realize it at the time, but I remember some of these articles from the time period Clinton towards the end of his term, and then Obama went big with this. They didn't place people leaving their administration in your typical political appointee positions. They got them jobs inside the bureaucracy in all these agencies. And now we're seeing the the fruit of having ceded all the federal agencies with political Democrat political activists rather than people who were there to actually do the job. They are infiltrated in every bureaucracy from the mid levels up. Right. And that's a hard thing to dis entrench.Chuck Warren: [00:48:54] Exactly. Exactly.Sam Stone: [00:48:56] You're talking about trenches switching topics here, Chuck, But there was a big announcement recently by the governor of Arizona about our water situation here, where they project a 4% deficit in water over the next hundred years.Chuck Warren: [00:49:11] How much was.Sam Stone: [00:49:11] It? 4% over 100 years. So we're not talking end of the world stuff. But the way they did the press conference, it certainly made it sound that way. And they made a big announcement about we're going to stop new construction in Arizona. Now, what they meant was new construction outside of areas served by water grids. Right. If you're on the Phoenix Water or Tucson Water, Flagstaff, water, whatever, that wasn't what they were talking about. But the way they present it, I really believe the environmentalist movement is pushing for planet wide population reduction. They don't want any new growth. They don't want any of this stuff. And this governor fell in this trap. And all week long I've been dealing with businesses from across the country going, hey, we were considering Arizona. We don't think that's viable. Now, if what your governor just said, they botched this thing from top to bottom. Katie Hobbs is utterly incompetent when it comes to handling the routine business of government, because you could have put this out in a press release with nothing else, instituted the exact same policy. We're not going to allow growth in these wildcat areas where you don't have water. That's that is smart policy. Right. But the implementation of it and how she went about it. So Ham handed that it's literally hurt the state of Arizona and that ties to what we're talking with Congressman Johnson. Look, the solution to all of this. The entire US Southwest needs water enhancements. We need new water, whether from the Snake River to the north, the Mississippi, Missouri's to the east or from the Gulf of Mexico, You.Chuck Warren: [00:50:44] Know, And the.Chuck Warren: [00:50:45] Technology is there to.Sam Stone: [00:50:45] Do it. Yeah, it is. But the problem.Chuck Warren: [00:50:47] Is you're gonna have a bunch of environmentalists sue, which you're going to delay at 10 to 20 years. And this is literally issues you can resolve in two years.Sam Stone: [00:50:54] It absolutely is. And that's the other point we brought. I brought this up with one of the other congressmen we've had on the program. But I don't understand why we don't just declare if something is environmentally beneficial and taking the southwest off of groundwater and off of river water would be massively environmentally beneficial. Augmenting our river water, taking us off of groundwater would help the environment here tremendously, period. No question. In that case, why? Why are these why are they allowed to sue on Nepa or any of this other stuff? The project should go forward. You just do the engineering reviews and you're done.Chuck Warren: [00:51:31] Well, it should be like something. Eminent domain. Yeah, that's.Sam Stone: [00:51:33] What I mean.Chuck Warren: [00:51:34] Come on in. And just this needs to be done and it's just ridiculous.Sam Stone: [00:51:37] Like in this case, Look, all your lawsuits. No, you know, we don't even entertain those things in this type of situation because it is an issue of national security and safety for our citizens here in the southwest and to have an assured water supply.Chuck Warren: [00:51:49] And it helps the environment.Sam Stone: [00:51:51] And it helps the environment.Chuck Warren: [00:51:52] Yeah. What do you say? You support helping the environment, but you're fighting something that can absolutely help the environment, right?Sam Stone: [00:51:59] That that is the ridiculousness of the modern environmental movement, which to me is frankly just a eugenicist movement in hiding.Chuck Warren: [00:52:07] Let's finish one last topic here. The Tampa Bay Rays are a third through the season and they are almost 30 games above 500.Sam Stone: [00:52:16] Chuck, I'm a Red Sox fan and this is the podcast segment, so I can say what I really feeling right now, which is f**k you, man. Seriously, they are. No, they're amazing.Chuck Warren: [00:52:25] They're amazing. They are an amazing organization.Sam Stone: [00:52:28] What they do with no money, I mean, no money.Chuck Warren: [00:52:32] And you sort of get the sense the Diamondbacks have taken a page from them, what they've building up on their farm system.Sam Stone: [00:52:36] I've said for years, if you if you watched and do what Tampa does, but just add a little money to the mix where you can keep some of your best players from time to time and you don't watch them go to the Padres. That's that's the that's the formula.Chuck Warren: [00:52:49] I agree.Chuck Warren: [00:52:49] I agree.Sam Stone: [00:52:50] Well, in which the Diamondbacks can go lock up Corbin Carroll right now.Chuck Warren: [00:52:55] Well, they have, haven't they.Sam Stone: [00:52:56] Did they? Yeah. Did I miss.Chuck Warren: [00:52:57] That? Was that the ten year deal?Chuck Warren: [00:52:59] I don't. Corbin Carroll? Yeah.Chuck Warren: [00:53:00] Corbin Carroll, ten years.Sam Stone: [00:53:01] We're looking at the girl in the studio who's getting married to a professional ballplayer. And she doesn't.Chuck Warren: [00:53:05] She knows.Chuck Warren: [00:53:05] Nothing. She knows nothing. Corbin She hasn't.Sam Stone: [00:53:08] Even given us an update on the Idaho murders.Chuck Warren: [00:53:10] I believe. I believe Corbin Carroll signed a ten year deal. That's what everybody's been going on about early. They just tied him in. So. Okay.Sam Stone: [00:53:15] Well, thank goodness for that. Yeah.Chuck Warren: [00:53:17] By the way, anything before we close off on the Idaho murders that we should be aware of?Kiley Kipper: [00:53:20] No, not too much. I think they had like a few 20 days ago or something like that. They had 60 days to determine if he was going to get the death penalty or not. And then Brian Kielburger has now come out and said that he doesn't want cameras in the courtroom. So now that's the whole hot discussion is like, well, then let's have them, because why does he not want why do we care what he says?Speaker4: [00:53:40] Chuck.Sam Stone: [00:53:41] You okay with the death penalty? In this case?Chuck Warren: [00:53:44] I'm always okay of the death penalty.Speaker4: [00:53:46] It's a rare.Chuck Warren: [00:53:47] Exception that I'm not okay with the death penalty.Sam Stone: [00:53:50] And that's the final.Sam Stone: [00:53:51] Word today from Chuck.Chuck Warren: [00:53:54] Maybe with those 9% shoplifters you wrote about.Sam Stone: [00:53:56] Oh, yeah. No, we can start with them for sure.Sam Stone: [00:53:59] Right?Sam Stone: [00:54:00] Retail theft off with his head.Chuck Warren: [00:54:03] Sam, closing here. How much does it cost the average American annually for shoplifting?Sam Stone: [00:54:07] Yeah. So go go on. Our substack folks, because we ran the numbers on this Capital One putting out a survey and then I broke the numbers down $318 per person.Chuck Warren: [00:54:17] That's probably.Chuck Warren: [00:54:17] Undercounted and.Sam Stone: [00:54:18] That's undercounted. If you read the article, you realize that's the direct cross from the losses that they're taking from shoplifting. Then you add in all the additional security, the other measures that they're putting in place. Those things all cost money, too. There's probably a lot, as we saw with Lululemon, that's not reported because of politics, essentially where they're fired, two employees for even just reporting a theft to the police. I doubt they're reporting their numbers accurately and probably there's a bunch like them. This might be a $5,600 per person a year tax is what we're facing.Chuck Warren: [00:54:53] Well, and folks, if you are purchasing from Lululemon, realize there is a shoplifting tax assessed on your clothing, whether whether they listed or itemized it or not, you're paying for.Sam Stone: [00:55:03] It before they go to Lululemon, though, Chuck, and this is a free plug. Isn't your former assistants, Katrina, doesn't she have a a clothing line or company that she.Chuck Warren: [00:55:12] Works with a clothing line in Salt Lake knowing the ownership, they will not tolerate shoplifting.Chuck Warren: [00:55:17] So okay.Sam Stone: [00:55:18] What's the name? Do we do you know? Do I know?Chuck Warren: [00:55:21] We'll tell We'll put.Chuck Warren: [00:55:22] It on our social.Sam Stone: [00:55:23] On our substack. Yeah. Hey, look. Good opportunity to pay pay for a product from someone who actually feels the way you do.Chuck Warren: [00:55:29] Exactly. Well, folks, we hope you have a great weekend. We hope you enjoyed our guests today, both wonderful people to have on the show and we hope you share it. You can download our podcast, go to breaking battlegrounds, dot vote, share it, rate it. We'd appreciate it. Help our audience grow. Have a great weekend. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit breakingbattlegrounds.substack.com

The Lloyd's List Podcast: US lawmakers continue to look at ocean shipping

Lloyd's List: The Shipping Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2023 23:46

We are approaching the anniversary of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 enactment, which one head of a US shippers association said "changed what the Federal Maritime Commission is all about" The bill was signed in the midst of the supply chain crises that saw carriers' profits surge – much to their great surprise - while shippers were encumbered with skyrocketing rates and piles of per-diem fees, often levied indifferently and for circumstances beyond their control. In the run up and aftermath of Its signing, OSRA had rare bipartisan support. US importers and exporters struggled with fees, rates, and capacity, and carriers, flush with more money than they ever expected, were portrayed as price-gouging villains. While carriers probably didn't do themselves any favours when it came to per diem charges, the FMC came out in the midst of the supply chain crises and said that there is robust competition in the ocean shipping industry. Commissioner Rebecca Dye reiterated that view this week, saying that the pandemic did not lead to anti-competitive behaviour. But if liners thought that congress' interest in ocean shipping will fade after OSRA's enactment and with the winding down of supply chain congestion, US lawmakers had other ideas. A flurry of US legislation introduced over the last few months shows that when it comes to ocean shipping, and China, US lawmakers are able to see past their usual partisan bickering. These bills are in preliminary stages but given their potential impact on container shipping, they're certainly worth a look at. The proposed legislations cover a wide range of topics, from banning the use of Chinese-made software in US ports, to cancelling ocean carriers' antitrust exemptions in the US, complaints against the Shanghai Shipping Exchange, limitations on "foreign made" – i.e Chinese - port equipment and software, and more. This week, our US correspondent Tomer Raanan, spoke with Lauren Beagen, a former FMC attorney and founder of maritime consulting and legal solutions firm Squall Strategies to recap the year since OSRA's enactment and to explore what's in these new proposals

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Roundtable: Implementation of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

FreightWaves NOW

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 12:04

Sal Mercogliano - Associate Professor of History - Campbell University - Buies Creek, NC Lauren Beagen - The Maritime Professor - CEO of Squall Strategies - Boston, MA

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Global Trade This Week – March 27th, 2023

Connect & Collaborate

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 47:46

What's going on in Global Trade this Week? Today Doug Draper of Inland Star Distribution and Trade Geek Pete Mento of Mento LLC cover: 2:27 -New Car Foolishness 14:30 -Drones Actually Have a Purpose within a Warehouse 23:36 -Halftime 35:42 -Red Hands & Shoulder Punches in the Ocean Market 39:52 -Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 https://youtu.be/SYxdHp7MfjA https://www.capwwide.com/international-insights/3/27/23/gttw-podcast-march-27th-2023

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Are Maritime Supply Chains Improving as the Holidays Approach?

Making Capitalism Sustainable

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 27:00

Earlier this year, supply chains on both sea and land were severely strained. As the holidays approach, have things improved? Former Federal Maritime Commissioner Rob Quartel shares his thoughts on this and other global shipping issues. The podcast will also discuss the new Ocean Shipping Reform Act and other issues relating to the large volume of US and international commerce that arrives by ship.

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Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Rework Container Fee Assessment

MCM CommerceChat

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2022 17:48

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 is intended to promote U.S. exports and make ocean transport more competitive, efficient and economical. But a requirement that invoices list the date of container accessibility is proving to be a fly in the ointment. Bryn Heimbeck of Trade Tech Inc. explains efforts to address the inequity. The post Ocean Shipping Reform Act: Rework Container Fee Assessment appeared first on Multichannel Merchant.

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Guest: Mark Dancer of Network for Business Innovation on how supply chains are being reborn; The rail strike is averted; New efforts to move the backlog of containers at ocean ports

Logistics Matters with DC VELOCITY

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 20:08

Our guest on this week's episode is Mark Dancer, CEO of the Network for Business Innovation. He is a speaker for two sessions at next week's CSCMP EDGE conference in Nashville. He shares some of his insights and previews his presentations, including his view that supply chains are not really broken, but are being reborn. He also discusses the need for resilient, responsive, and regenerative supply chains and what they will look like in the future.An important labor agreement was tentatively reached this week between America's railroads and labor unions. A threatened strike has been averted. While not yet final, the agreements assure that products continue to ride the rails for now. A strike would have devastated supply chains and further hurt the economy. We will tell you what is involved in the agreement and what it means for the industry to have labor peace.While supply chains are beginning to get back to normal, there are still thousands of containers stranded at our nation's ports. We will tell of some new efforts being made to get those containers moving again, which should soften supply chain disruptions. The problem is that partners are not sharing data properly to meet the new federal regulations in the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, which is designed to avoid the container congestion.DC Velocity's sister publication CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly offers a podcast series called Supply Chain in the Fast Lane. It is co-produced with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. The second season of eight episodes is fully available and focuses on supply chain digitalization. Go to your favorite podcast platform to subscribe.Articles and resources mentioned in this episode:Network for Business InnovationTentative agreement averts railroad strikeLooming railroad strike threatens supply chainsPorts need better data sharing to meet OSRA requirements, groups sayVisit DCVelocity.com for the latest news. Visit Supply Chain QuarterlyListen to CSCMP and Supply Chain Quarterly's Supply Chain in the Fast Lane podcastListen to Supply Chain Quarterly's Top 10 Supply Chain Threats podcastSend feedback about this podcast to podcast@dcvelocity.com.Podcast sponsored by: HysterOther linksAbout DC VELOCITYSubscribe to DC VELOCITYSign up for our FREE newslettersAdvertise with DC VELOCITYTop 10 Supply Chain Management Podcasts

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This Week in Recycling: Keys to the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022 7:27

In this episode: Regulators setup a Web page so you can understand how the new Ocean Shipping Reform Act works. Learn why a part of the West Coast famous for scenic coves, environmental preservation, and artists, will become an ISRI colony of sorts. And a pair of young innovators produce new, exciting ideas for recycling... Read more »

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How the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Will Affect the Global Supply Chain

Shipping Master Series

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 49:31

How the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Will Affect the Global Supply Chain The webinar focuses on the U.S. Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 signed into law by President Biden on June 16, 2022 - the first major U.S.-ocean shipping regulatory legislation in decades. Prompted by international supply chain issues, OSRA contains a number of provisions affecting common carriers in U.S. international trade. The law was criticized when it was considered as not addressing the real issues affecting the international supply chain. Much has been left to the discretion of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. The webinar explores how OSRA will work in practice and what to expect in terms of changes affecting international carriers. Moderator: Mr. Charlie Papavizas, Chair, Maritime Practice - Winston & Strawn LLP Panelists: Mr. Carl W. Bentzel, Commissioner - Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Mr. John Butler, CEO & President - World Shipping Council (WSC) For more information on the program please visit here: https://webinars.capitallink.com/2022/reform/

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How the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Will Affect the Global Supply Chain

C-Suite Market Update

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022 49:31

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More on Additional Shipping Reform

Farm City Newsday by AgNet West

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022

California Democratic Representative John Garamendi is a primary sponsor of The Ocean Shipping Reform Act. He spoke during the Western Food and Ag Issues Summit hosted by Agri-Pulse. While the OSRA is a good first step, Garamendi says there's more legislation coming to help solve the shipping challenges.

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AgNet News Hour, Wednesday, 07-13-22

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 41:20

Get the latest agriculture news in today's AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today's show covers the action or lack thereof from the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, ag labor issues being monitored by California Farm Bureau, and black fig fly still a concern in Southern California. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features and more.

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DriveTime: July 11, 2022

Agri-Pulse DriveTime

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 5:00

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act, supply chain issues, and record beef exports are discussed in today's DriveTime.

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Ports Momentum Must Continue, NMPF's Rice Says

Dairy Defined

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 8:58 Transcription Available

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act is now law, but much more is needed to ensure reliable exports of U.S. dairy products to the overseas markets that represent the industry's future, said Tony Rice, trade policy manager for NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, in a Dairy Defined podcast released today. “Our international customers demand U.S. dairy products,” said Rice. “Our competitors, mostly the EU and New Zealand, they've shown that they're not going to be able to keep pace in the coming years. So it makes all the more important that these supply chain issues get ironed out, and hopefully sooner rather than later.”Rice explains the complexities of the challenges facing U.S. port traffic, why additional public policy changes are essential, and how NMPF is leading agriculture's efforts for change.

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Two Minutes in Trade - OSRA 22 Part II: What's In Force

Two Minutes in Trade

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 4:09

There are a lot of provisions in the new Ocean Shipping Reform Act, but some of them will not come into force until regulations are promulgated. Here is a list of provisions that are self-executing and came into force the day the legislation was signed into law.

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Maritime in Minutes - June 2022

The Maritime Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 14:15

In the latest episode of Maritime in Minutes Seatrade Maritime News Editor, Marcus Hand, and Europe Editor, Gary Howard, discuss and comment on the stories that stood out on Seatrade Maritime News during the last month. Find out how and why is Maersk moving cargo in China's cabotage market. Why is 10.5% of the containership fleet being tied up in delays good news for the box market sector? How were developments at MEPC 78 received? What went on at Posidonia 2022? How does engine load relate to methane slip on LNG carriers? What does the Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2022 mean for international shipping? What's the latest on the EU ETS and its passage through the EU? Why is bad news for the world economy such good news for shipping? Why is Lamprell mulling a fire sale? What does the Shell and CMA CGM decarbonisation tie up have to do with road and aviation? Links to stories featured in this episode https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/maersk-marks-opening-china-cabotage-market (Maersk marks opening of China cabotage market) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/105-containership-fleet-remains-unavailable-due-delays (10.5% of containership fleet remains unavailable due to delays) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/further-action-needed-mepc-78-gets-underway (‘Furtheraction is needed' as MEPC 78 gets underway) and https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/mepc-78-wasted-opportunity-or-important-progress-ghg-emissions (MEPC 78: ‘Wasted opportunity' or ‘important progress' on GHG emissions?) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/posidonia-2022-0 (Seatrade Maritime News' full coverage from Posidonia 2022) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/lng/low-loads-double-methane-slip-lng-carrier-voyage (Low loads double methane slip on LNG carrier voyage) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/us-president-biden-lauds-passage-ocean-shipping-reform-act-2022 (US President Biden lauds passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2022) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/regulation/european-parliament-passes-ets-shipping-changes (European Parliament passes ETS shipping changes) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/tankers/positive-shipping-outlook-negative-world-outlook (Positive shipping outlook, negative world outlook) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/shipyards/lamprell-mulling-fire-sale-face-liquidity-crisis (Lamprell) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/shipyards/lamprell-mulling-fire-sale-face-liquidity-crisis (mulling fire sale in the face of liquidity crisis) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/maritime-lead-transport-decarbonisation-under-shell-cma-cgm-deal (Maritime) https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/maritime-lead-transport-decarbonisation-under-shell-cma-cgm-deal (to lead transport decarbonisation under Shell - CMA CGM deal) If you like the show, make sure to subscribe and follow https://bit.ly/3vyvzqK (The Maritime Podcast). Feel free also to recommend the show to a friend or colleague that you think would enjoy it. For all the news on the shipping and maritime industries make sure you check out https://bit.ly/3kwFGWI (Seatrade Maritime News). To learn more about sponsorships and digital marketing opportunities, https://bit.ly/37Uxflx (click here).

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Unique Show, Unique Challenges

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2022 49:57

Pam Jahnke and Wisconsin Farm Technology Days General Manager Arnie Jennerman chat the upcoming show in Clark County. The show is never in the same location, and that comes with challenges -- a new location means new parking, lodging, and utility plans. The changing farm economy also means no year is the same when it comes to securing equipment or food donations. The enactment of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act sets in motion a series of new rules and regulations regarding ocean carrier practices that the Federal Maritime Commission must implement over the course of the next year. U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO Krysta Harden says last year, shipping challenges resulted in over $1.5 billion in increased export costs and lost opportunities. With temps nearing 90 this week, Allison Lund shares a quick update with Ready Wisconsin on how to tell if you're experiencing heat exhaustion or heat stroke. John Heinberg of Total Farm Marketing in West Bend lays out the various pressures on today's markets -- declining crop conditions, recession conversations, and the stocks and acres reports coming out of USDA on Thursday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 364 | June 27, 2022 | Almond Soil Health Trial, Ocean Shipping Reform Act

My Ag Life Daily News Report

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 36:39

On this week's MyAgLife in Almonds episode, Dr. Karl Wyant discusses a privately funded study looking at the physical and economic viability of soil health management in almond orchards. Additionally, Almond Alliance's Aubrey Bettencourt discusses the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and the Alliance's presence at the signing in Washington D.C. Supporting the People who Support Agriculture Thank you to our sponsors who make it possible to get you your daily news. Please feel free to visit their websites. The California Walnut Board – https://walnuts.org/ Phycoterra –https://phycoterra.com/ Verdesian - https://vlsci.com/ Rango - http://www.rangonow.com/

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Freedom Fries and the Big Mac Attack

Interplace

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2022 24:22

Hello Interactors,This episode kicks off the summer season on the environment and our interactions with it and through it. I’m starting with food. Food is a big topic that impacts us all, albeit in uneven ways. It got me wondering about the global food system and how it’s controlled. Who are the winners and who are the losers? And why is there competition for nourishment in first place?As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…АТАКА БОЛЬШОГО МАКА (ATAKA BOL'SHOGO MAKA)Верните Биг Мак! Срочно верните Биг Мак. Мы требуем этого прямо сейчас. Прямо сейчас. Прямо здесь. Биг Мак!(Vernite Big Mak! Srochno vernite Big Mak. Moy trebuyem etogo pryamo seychas. Pryamo seychas. Pryamo zdes'. Big Mak!)“Bring back the Big Mac! Bring back the Big Mac. We demand it right now. Right now. Right here. Big Mac!” Holding a handwritten sign that read “Bring back the Big Mac” a protestor in Moscow took advantage of a press conference a couple weeks ago at the reopening of McDonalds under a new name. Albeit a bit tongue in cheek, he was demanding the return of one popular product not on the menu. The Big Mac name and special sauce are both copyright protected. But the new owner of the new McDonald’s, Alexander Govor – who was a Siberian McDonald’s franchise owner before buying the entire Russian chain – promised he’d find a suitable replacement for the Big Mac. As for a new name, I vote for Большая говядина (Bol'shaya Govyadina), Big Beef. Or given the new owners last name how about just Bol’shaya Gov – Big Gov.Govor claims he paid below market price for the world’s most recognized fast-food chain and he’s already slashed prices. McDonald’s priced the double cheeseburger at 160 rubles ($2.95) but it’s now 129 rubles ($2.38). The fish burger was 190 rubles ($3.50) and is now 169 rubles ($3.11). The composition of the burgers stays the same as does the equipment, but they did add pancakes, omelets, and scrambled eggs to the morning menu. However, the golden arches are gone, and the name has changed to Vkusno & tochka's (Delicious and that’s it or Delicious, full stop).After 32 years, that’s it for McDonald’s in Russia but it’s promised to remain delicious. Back in 1990 the American based company had to import all the ingredients to fulfill the promise of a true McDonald’s. It made for an expensive introduction of the American icon. French fries were a problem. The Russian potatoes were too small, so McDonalds had to import seeds to grow larger russet potatoes locally. Apples for the McDonald’s ‘apple pie’ had to come from Bulgaria. After three decades McDonald’s managed to source just about everything locally and ultimately employed 62,000 Russians throughout their operations. But those McDonald’s branded red, yellow, and blue uniforms have been replaced with just red ones. Judging from the lines and enthusiasm at the grand opening, I suspect the new MickeyD’s will continue to be popular…and delicious, full stop.McDonald’s was popular in Russia from the day it opened in 1990. The Berlin wall had come down, perestroika was nearing its peak, glasnost embraced a blend of socialism and traditional liberal economics that allowed more U.S. companies to enter the former Soviet Union. It was the age of exceedingly fast globalization. A year after McDonald’s showed up Microsoft offered a Russian version of DOS. Just as I was starting at Microsoft in 1992, localized versions of software were flying on floppy disks around the world. By 1996 localized versions of Windows and Office 95 were on a computer on every desk a new McDonald’s was being built every three days. 1996 was the first year McDonald’s made more revenue from outside the United States than within.And McDonald’s wasn’t just pushing their McMunchies on unsuspecting countries. Many were clamoring for their own MickyD’s. James Cantalupo, president of McDonald's International at time, said, “'I feel these countries want McDonald's as a symbol of something -- an economic maturity and that they are open to foreign investments. I don't think there is a country out there we haven't gotten inquiries from. I have a parade of ambassadors and trade representatives in here regularly to tell us about their country and why McDonald's would be good for the country.'”There were some who believed the proliferation of McDonald’s symbolized the spread of freedom and democracy. Thomas Friedman of the New York Times offered in 1996 a “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention -- which stipulates that when a country reaches a certain level of economic development, when it has a middle class big enough to support a McDonald's, it becomes a McDonald's country, and people in McDonald's countries don't like to fight wars; they like to wait in line for burgers.” There goes that theory. Though, Russians are still waiting in line for a burger…just not from McDonald’s.I’m reminded of the “freedom fries” scandal from 2003. That’s when the Republican senator from Ohio, Bob Ney, changed the name of ‘French Fries’ to ‘Freedom Fries’ in three Congressional cafeterias. It was in response to French opposition to the American invasion of Iraq. The name was changed back in 2006 after Ney was forced to retire. He was implicated in a scandal involving a group of lobbyists that swindled $85,000,000 from Native American tribes. Ney was bribed by one of the guilty lobbyists. On the satirical Saturday Night Live news show Weekend Update, Tina Fey quipped, “‘In a related story, in France, American cheese is now referred to as 'idiot cheese.'"SEEDS OF GREEDOf course, McDonald’s wasn’t the only multinational food company spreading fast food around the world. I, for one, was grateful to come across a Burger King on the Champs-Élysées in Paris back in 1984. It was my first trip to Europe and my 18-year-old palette wasn’t quite tuned to fine French cuisine. Truth be told, my 56-year-old palette isn’t either. I find French food to be highly overrated. I remember my 18-year-old self thinking that “Le Whopper” and Pepsi with ice, amidst pumping French disco, was both surreal and comforting.Pizza Hut, Domino’s, and Taco Bell are found in all corners of the world today. Except Mexico. Despite many gallant attempts, Taco Bell can’t seem to crack the Mexican market. I suspect Mexicans find their interpretation of the taco insulting…and gross. But it’s not just fast food. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills, Kellog’s, Kraft, and Mars are all American companies that make a plethora of processed and packaged products marketed as food. There are other multinational companies outside of the U.S. doing the same. Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo is where Thomas English muffins, Orowheat, and Sara Lee treats come from. They also own Colonial bread: a white bread that originated in colonized America by a Scandinavian immigrant and is now run out of colonized Mexico by the grandson of a Spanish immigrant who could pass as just another white billionaire CEO.And who hasn’t heard of Switzerland’s Nestlé products? They are so big there’s a wiki page just to list their products. Chips Ahoy cookie anyone? What about the Anglo-Dutch company Unilever? They bring us Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Dove Bars, and Hellman’s mayonnaise. Have you ever had Nutella? That comes from the Italian company Ferrero. That single company consumes one quarter of the world’s supply of hazelnuts. Increasingly those nuts are coming from my neighboring state, Oregon. I love Oregon hazelnuts, so save some for me Ferrero.This select group of companies produce, market, and sell most of the food around the world that is baked, canned, chilled, frozen, dried, and processed. Adding to the fat and sugar found in fast-food chains, they make dairy products, ice cream, meal replacements, bars, snacks, noodles, pasta, sauces, oils, fats, TV dinners, dressings, condiments, spreads, and an array of beverages. This gives them massive market leverage over the source ingredients produced by farmers around the world.The very seeds needed to grow these crops are also controlled by a select group of multinational companies. The food policy advocacy group Food and Power reported: “In 2020, the top four corporations, Bayer (formerly Monsanto), Corteva (formerly DuPont), Syngenta (part of ChemChina), and Limagrain together controlled 50% of the global seed market, with Bayer and Corteva alone claiming roughly 40%. And when it comes to genetic traits, this control is even more pronounced: Bayer controls 98% of trait markers for herbicide-resistant soybeans, and 79% of trait markers for herbicide-resistant corn.” Carlos J. Maya-Ambía, a professor of Political Economy and Agriculture at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico, uses an hourglass as a metaphor to explain the control these companies have over the food making process. Imagine the top of the hourglass are the world’s farmers producing edible plants and animals and the bottom are the world’s human inhabitants – consumers. Both are wide and round. The middle of the hourglass is relatively narrow. These are the few multinational companies mentioned above who control most of the flow from the top of the hourglass (the farms) to the bottom (our tables).Because these seeds are engineered for largescale monoculture farm productions that these corporations require. They tend to rely on agrochemicals to achieve desired yields. It’s a short-term positive yield strategy optimized for quarterly earnings reports, but with severe long-term negative consequences. And guess who controls an estimated 75 percent of the global pesticide market? Those same top tier seed companies.These chemicals are largely petrochemicals, so the fossil fuel industry also profits from global food production and consumption. These processes, genetically modified seeds, and chemicals no doubt have helped bring countless people out of poverty and starvation. Especially where increasingly harsh conditions make it hard to grow crops. But at what cost? These industrial scale schemes not only leach nutrients from the soil and pollute water supplies, but exposure to these chemicals can also cause neurological disorders, birth defects, infertility, stillbirths, miscarriages, and multiple forms of cancer.Worse yet are the inequities. Many of these chemicals and genetically modified foods are banned in developed countries. Before Monsanto was purchased by Bayer, massive protests across Europe led to the company pulling out of parts of the EU. Those countries with the most organized farmer and consumer protests had the biggest effect. It’s testimony to the power of democracy and organized protest. But Monsanto, and companies like them, just move on to more willing governments or vulnerable people and places. They seek lands far away from the peering eyes of consumers with a conscience. Many of whom who sit there munching snacks, and tapping on their phones to make that next online fast-food delivery. Guilty as charged. Sad as it may be, when the exploitive interdependent global food system is out of sight, it’s also out of mind.As Maya-Ambia puts it, “the scenario becomes clearer if we consider agriculture as a global system and as a long global value chain, composed of several links where agents interact and connect with the whole economy, nationally and globally. Accordingly, the global economy is formed by a complex web of value chains, whose links are located in different places around the world. Therefore, it is correct to speak of…the global value chain of agriculture that does not begin at the production process, but rather with the appropriation of nature and the transformation of natural objects into economic inputs, including the current land-grabbing in several places by transnational corporations. Driven by profit, these corporations have appropriated land, resulting in disastrous ecological effects.”He continues, “These practices of appropriation and consumption have created a ‘new international division of labor’: the Global South has become the place of appropriation of nature and in some ways a type of dumping ground.”FAIR TRADE LAY BAREMany of the same places these powerful corporations exploit are also the first to be hit with food insecurity. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Association (FAO) reported last year that “the number of undernourished people in the world continued to rise in 2020. Between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.” This includes 480 million people in Asia, 46 million in Africa, and 14 million in Latin America. Food insecurity has been climbing steadily over the last six years. One in three of the world’s 2.37 billion people do not have adequate access to food. This isn’t a supply issue. The world has enough food to feed everyone. This is about fair access.Many of the same people responsible for producing food exported to more developed countries are the one’s who reap the smallest rewards from the value chain. The smallest share of value goes to those farmers in developing countries. And the smaller the farm, the worse the effect. This fact is revealed by observing stagnating long-run trends of producer prices compared to rising consumer prices. These prices are controlled through governance schemes that squeeze the middle of the hourglass. Firms can exert extreme market power, leverage advanced financial and technological mechanisms, influence local, regional, and state leadership, and assert a particular cultural influence. My Parisian “Le Whopper” influenced the culture of the Champs-Élysées. American fast-food culture in Russia lives on in the new ‘Delicious’ McDonald’s. Full stop.Inequities are also found in the devastating effects of industrialized agriculture at the hands of these powerful firms. Large swaths of sensitive and diverse habitat in developing countries are violently destroyed – like in the Amazon. They’re making space for more croplands and pastures to grow more food and animals, to make more food products, that are sold to increasingly affluent populations who are rising out of poverty in search of the famed Western consumer lifestyle. This only further destroys the land and water making living conditions in these already poor areas even more stressed. As criminal as it is to live poor in a developed country like the United States, it’s not nearly as worse as living poor in unfairly exploited countries. Especially when it comes to acute food insecurity.On the other hand, living in developed countries – or desiring to adopt a similar lifestyle – comes with a higher risk of death by obesity…in large part due to fast and junk food. In 2021 the World Health Organization reported that worldwide obesity has tripled since 1975. More people in the world are likely to die of obesity than malnutrition. And because the globalization of high calorie junk and fast-food production exists to drive prices as low as possible, it makes it more accessible to poor people in both developing and developed countries. This puts poorer people at higher risk of both malnutrition and obesity.Naturally occurring factors, like the pandemic and a changing climate also unfairly impact those most vulnerable. As does war. How naïve to believe countries with a McDonald’s would never take arms against one another; that French fries, freedom fries, would somehow united the world. Russia and Ukraine have proven otherwise. Conflicts in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America have resulted in millions of people fleeing for safety and starving in the process. Many of whom were farmers. Much of the food needed to feed these refugees historically came from Ukraine and Russia but that is all at risk now.But American farmers might be able to help. In a rare bipartisan partnership on Capital Hill, just this week President Biden signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA). U.S. agricultural shippers complained to the federal government that the world’s top ocean carriers unfairly denied them container space. Shippers on the West coast found it more profitable to return empty boxes to Asia so they could be re-loaded for the next round of more profitable exports back to the U.S. Of course, this is all fed by increasing consumer demand by overconsuming Americans. But these interruptions made it difficult for farmers and shippers to predict when their time sensitive goods should be delivered to ports before they spoiled.But with the passing of this law, ocean shippers are required to report to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) how many exports they’re loading and from where. The bill also includes rules that determines what makes a denial to export agricultural goods unreasonable. Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and Transfar Shipping have already offered container space for U.S. agricultural shippers and others are soon to follow. Hopefully, food grown in America can stand a better chance of making it to those in most need in Asia, Africa, Latin America and beyond.The world seems to be swimming in so many crises that the word has somehow lost urgency. But between war, climate change, and economic inequalities the global food system needs transformation. Here are six ways the FAO believes the global food system could be made more healthy, sustainable, and inclusive:Integrating humanitarian, development and peacebuilding policies in conflict-affected areas.Scaling up climate resilience across food systems.Strengthening resilience of the most vulnerable to economic adversity.Intervening along the food supply chains to lower the cost of nutritious foods.Tackling poverty and structural inequalities, ensuring interventions are pro-poor and inclusive.Strengthening food environments and changing consumer behaviour to promote dietary patterns with positive impacts on human health and the environment.These steps read a lot like the steps McDonald’s took 32 years ago after entering the Russian market. The introduction of fast-food chains was believed to be a peacebuilding exercise in a conflict-affected area. Freedom fries brought hope and russet potatoes to Russia. McDonald’s scaled up a resilient food system by investing in local farming. They optimized food supply chains within the region. Impoverished Russian’s adjusting to a post communist reality were given jobs growing McDonald’s produce, delivering goods, and working in restaurants. They strengthened the local food environment and changed consumer behavior. And while McDonald’s may not be the healthiest food, not the healthiest habit, it may have been better than what was offered before and it certainly made people happy.“Delicious and That’s It” just might make it even better. It could be their menu alterations make it a healthier version of McDonald’s. They’ve already made it cheaper. But judging from the Hugo Boss shirt one customer was wearing at the grand opening in Moscow, I have a hunch the new MickeyD’s just might be an elite treat. Still, they may be on to something. Perhaps this is a model that could be used in other places. Maybe more globetrotting fast-food restaurants and junk food producers should be selling out to the locals. Pizza Hut in Japan already offers squid as a pizza topping, but maybe a Japanese owned franchise would result in even more localized interpretations of a food that originated in Italy. After all, flatbreads exist in a variety of forms all over the world. Imagine مناقيش بيتزا (Manakish pizza), pisa bing 披薩餅 (Bing pizza), or a Catalonia coca? They could all be made with local ingredients, sourced from smaller sustainable farms, sold in locally owned franchises, employing local residents with wages high enough to live on. Who knows where the next Big Mac could be invented? Maybe Russia. Bol’shaya Gov anyone? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

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Ep. 32: American Feed Industry Association, Ocean shipping reform, the fuel tax holiday, the music of Zachariah Malachi

Tractors And Troubadours

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 98:52

On this episode, we discuss the state of the agricultural and pet feed industry with Constance Cullman and Mallory Gaines of the American Feed Industry Association. We also discuss the Ocean Shipping Reform Act's impact on agriculture with Krysta Harden, President and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council and Jim Mulhern, President of the National Milk Producers Federation. We continue the discussion in this week's Meat Monitor segment, as we hear about the Act's expected impact on red meat exports from Travis Arp, Assistant Vice President of Export Services for the U.S. Meat Export Federation. In this week's Market Talk report, Jesse Allen discusses President Biden's proposed national fuel tax holiday and in “Bushels and Cents,” Ray Bohacz is talking amperage draw in electric seed monitors. The episode also features the music of singer/songwriter Zachariah Malachi. Timestamps Intro/news: 0:00 Goatlifeclothing.com advertisement: 5:36 Constance Cullman and Mallory Gaines, American Feed Industry Association: 5:55 Concept AgriTek advertisement: 18:42 Krysta Harden (U.S. Dairy Export Council) and Jim Mulhern (National Milk Producers Federation): 19:15 Travis Arp, U.S. Meat Export Federation: 29:43 Jesse Allen, Market Talk: 32:09 Ray Bohacz, “Bushels and Cents”: 39:29 Gateway Seed Co. advertisement: 40:58 Zachariah Malachi: 41:28

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RFD Illinois June 24

RFD Illinois

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022 23:01

Matt Kaye shares USTR Katherine Tai's response to questions on lowering the prices of fertilizer and other inputs that are imported from out of the country. Kaye also provides news on the USDA submitted budget. Rich Guebert, Illinois Farm Bureau President, on the signing of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Market commentary from Joe Camp, CommStock investments. Jim McCormick, AgMarket.Net, gives a preview of the June 30 acreage report.Profit Watch energy shares information ConservFS ground breaking of a new bulk fertilizer facility.

Ocean Shipping Reform Reaction and U.S.-Ukraine Ag Partnership

Growing Harvest Ag Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022

Ag groups are reacting positively to the newly signed Ocean Shipping Reform Act, and U.S. and Ukraine sign partnership to help secure world food supply.

Morning Ag News, June 21, 2022: President Biden signs the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 2:59

President Joe Biden signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act last week, applauded by the American Farm Bureau Federation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Two Minutes in Trade - Congress Passes Landmark Ocean Shipping Reform Act and President Signs Into Force

Two Minutes in Trade

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 3:50

Last week the President signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA). The OSRA is the first major legislation related to the Shipping Act in 20 years. Among other things, the OSRA will help ensure that U.S. shippers are not charged unreasonable fees by carriers and that U.S. exporters will be granted access to cargo unless refusal is explicitly justified.

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Getting Help with the Supply Chain

Tennessee Home & Farm Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 2:03

Last week President Biden signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure ocean carriers are held more accountable. The post Getting Help with the Supply Chain appeared first on Tennessee Farm Bureau.

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AgNet News Hour, Monday, 06-20-22

Farm City Newsday by AgNet West

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 42:07

Get the latest agriculture news in today's AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today's show covers CFBF hoping for quick action now that the Ocean Shipping Reform Act is signed, explosive growth in the biological sector with continued expansion expected, and agriculture being largely left behind from shipping consolidation. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features and more.

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USMEF's Dan Halstrom Sees Signing of Ocean Reform Act Helping U.S. Meat Exporters Be Reliable Suppliers

Beef Buzz with Ron Hays on RON (Radio Oklahoma Network)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022

Senior Farm and Ranch Broadcaster, Ron Hays, is speaking with the president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, Dan Halstrom. Recently signed into law, Hays and Halstrom talk about the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and how it will give more leverage in making sure U.S. meat exports are treated fairly when moving to their end destinations.

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Organic Producers Concerns and Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022

Organic farmers and ranchers concerned about accessing labor and controlling weeds, and Ocean Shipping Reform Act heads to President's desk for signature.

Georgia Tobacco Crop and Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022

Georgia and Florida's tobacco crop looks very good despite dry and hot periods in May, and Ocean Shipping Reform Act heads to President's desk for signature.

What's Shakin' at the Almond Alliance | June 17th, 2022

Almond Alert

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 4:58

What's Shakin' at the Almond Alliance | June 17th, 2022 This week, Aubrey Bettencourt covers: ➡️ Seattle, WA - AG Trade Coalition Conference ➡️ Almond Express - Click the link below to learn more about how we are helping move the 2021 Almond Crop and creating new trade relationships for future crops. ➡️ Washington, D.C. - Ocean Shipping Reform Act was passed and signed into law by President Joe Biden this week. ➡️ While in D.C. Aubrey briefed many House and Senate Members on The Almond Express. ➡️ USDA plans to honor buying almonds under Section 32 and will announce soon. To learn more or become a member of the Almond Alliance visit AlmondAlliance.org. Follow us: Facebook Instagram Twitter

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Ocean Shipping Reform Act aimed to reduced bottlenecks

WTAQ Ag on Demand

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 1:01

Ocean Shipping Reform Act aims to reduce bottlenecks at U.S. ports that have hindered agricultural and other exports. Among other aspects, the legislation addresses high fees and cracks down on ocean carriers who refuse to ship agricultural goods. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Supply Chain Buzz for June 13th Featuring Guest Host Billy Taylor

Supply Chain Now Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 65:26

Clogged ports, executive action, more inflation and The Winning Link! The Buzz is on for June 13 and Scott and Greg are teaming up with Billy Taylor, host of our NEW podcast program, The Winning Link, to discuss the top supply chain headlines of the day. Tune in for their thoughts on Target's inventory problem, the upward trajectory of inflation, the arrival of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 and more. Additional Links & Resources: Learn more about Supply Chain Now:https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now ( https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now) Subscribe to Supply Chain Now and all other Supply Chain Now programs:https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe ( https://supplychainnow.com/subscribe) Leveraging Logistics and Supply Chain for Ukraine: https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/ (https://vectorgl.com/stand-with-ukraine/) WEBINAR- Preparing for the Rise of Sovereign Supply Chains: https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC (https://bit.ly/3NmCIAC) 2022 Q1 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index:https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC ( https://bit.ly/3pwmWKC) NRF Supply Chain 360: https://supplychain360.nrf.com/ (https://supplychain360.nrf.com/) This episode is hosted by Scott Luton, Greg White, and Billy Taylor. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/supply-chain-buzz-billy-taylor-921

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The Lloyd's List Podcast: Why does President Biden want to punch shipping CEOs?

Lloyd's List: The Shipping Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 27:32

President Biden claims to be “viscerally angry” about the container lines who he blames for inflation, soaring freight rates, supply chain congestion and much in between. The political theatre of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act was on show in the US this week, but to help explain what it really means for shipping this week's Lloyd's List Podcast features two people who really know what's going on: Federal Maritime Commissioner chairman Daniel Maffei President and CEO of the World Shipping Council John Butler.

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AFBF Welcomes Ocean Shipping Reform Act

MID-WEST FARM REPORT - MADISON

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022

President Joe Biden signed into law the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Thursday afternoon, applauded by the American Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF President Zippy Duvall attended the signing ceremony at the White House and says the Biden administration worked with Farm Bureau to support passage of the bill.

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Ocean Shipping Act - Good For Dairy

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 6:58

U.S. Dairy Export Council is applauding the signing of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act by President Biden. The enactment of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act sets in motion a series of new rules and regulations regarding ocean carrier practices that the Federal Maritime Commission must implement over the course of the next year. U.S. Dairy Export Council CEO Krysta Harden says last year, shipping challenges resulted in over $1.5 billion in increased export costs and lost opportunities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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6-17-22 Solutions to supply chain stress; USCA applauds bipartisan effort to enhance national food security; NCBA disappointed in House passage of special investigator bill; AFBF applauds enactment of Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 3:45 Transcription Available

6-17-22 AJ DailySolutions to Supply Chain StressAdapted from a podcast by Kasey Brown, Angus Beef Bulletin USCA Applauds Bipartisan Effort to Enhance National Food Security Adapted from a release by Lia Biondo, U.S. Cattlemen's Association NCBA Disappointed in House Passage of Special Investigator Bill Adapted from a release by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association AFBF Applauds Enactment of Ocean Shipping Reform Act Adapted from a release by the American Farm Bureau Federation Compiled by Paige Nelson, field editor, Angus Journal. For more Angus news, visit angusjournal.net.

Celebrating a big legislative win for Agriculture

The Big Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 23:15

A couple of them actually, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and the Lower Food and Fuels Cost act, so Iowa's 1st District Representative Ashley Hinson joins Bob and Andy as one of the architects of the second bill to explain how this will improve life for all Iowans. PLUS FarmHer's Marji drops by with a look at how art is improving the mental health of farmers AND Garret Toay's expert market analysis.

This Week in Recycling: Congress Buoys Up Recyclers

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 9:05

In this episode: The Ocean Shipping Reform Act becomes U.S. law. ISRI cultivates global ties while pushing back on misconceptions about recycling. The Spring ISEC brings more than 100 recyclers under the St. Louis Arch to talk about safety. Related Articles ISRI Applauds Signage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act Into Law | ISRI Ocean Shipping... Read more »

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Almond Byte, June 2022: Transportation Update, MRL Conference and Pakistan Ban

Almond Journey

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 4:12

Transportation-Logistics Update The Almond Alliance, along with other agricultural export leaders, has met with significant ocean carriers such as CMA/CGM, OOCL, MAERSK, the Ports of LA, LB, and Oakland, and railroads - UP & BNSF, to find immediate solutions to current industry shipping logjams. Using ABC data, the Almond Alliance was able to show that there is the demand to warrant alternatives to shipping out of the Port of Oakland. As a result of these meetings, the Alliance was able to bring the parties together to offer a viable alternative. The new route would have shippers directly book with the ocean carrier OOCL for drop-off at the Oakland ramp. The product would be railed directly to LA/LB for final loading and shipment to various Asian markets (currently, service to India is not being offered). Concurrently, an additional rail service from the Central Valley directly to LA/LB is under development. More information on that rail service will be provided as details become available. Additional information will be released by the Almond Alliance. Visit their website here to stay up to date. Additionally, the gridlock surrounding the Ocean Shipping Reform Act in Congress is expected to be resolved in the next few weeks. The House is planning on taking up the version of the Bill passed by the Senate earlier this year. While this version does not include as strong of provisions that bar carriers from “unreasonably” declining export bookings, it includes stronger provisions related to reining in detention and demurrage fees. MRL Conference Highlights More Challenges for Ag Industry members attending the annual Minor Crops MRL Conference discussed challenges related to import tolerances, risk assessments and sustainable ag production. Increasing efforts to define “sustainable” food chains and acceptable processes and production methods will impact not only producers but also ag trade. It was highlighted that consumers generally do not appreciate the importance of chemical tools in mitigating food loss in the field resulting from insect pressures, drought, etc. – which impacts developing countries. Concern was expressed over the need for expedited approvals and reviews for chemical tools, to reduce the burden on industry and agency reviews. It was pointed out that about 14% of global noncompliance would “go away” if science-based Codex MRLs were followed. A presenter from Mexico raised awareness that there is a number of shifts in how pesticides are to be regulated within Mexico. Those shifts include a ban on imports of glyphosate thus precluding its use by Mexican growers, along with efforts to increase organic production and reduce pesticide use within Mexico. To date, it's not clear if these changes will impact MRLs and thus imports, but if the outlined changes take effect, then Mexican growers will likely push for import MRL changes. Pakistan Bans Imports of Almonds On May 19, Pakistan announced a formal import ban on various products, including agricultural products, in an effort to lower its trade deficit and preserve foreign currency reserves. Imports of nearly all products under Chapter 08, including almonds and all other nuts, are banned. In 2021, the U.S. exported 2,714 MT of shelled almonds and 1,698 MT of in-shell almonds to Pakistan. More information can be found in a recent USDA GAIN report. ABC staff are following up with USDA/FAS offices in Pakistan and USTR.

Morning Ag News, June 16, 2022: The House of Representatives passes the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Growing Harvest Ag Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 2:58

The House of Representatives passed legislation to update federal regulations for the global shipping industry and help American producers export their products internationally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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06-16-22 - Other Food Sectors Welcome Ocean Shipping Reform Act. U.S. Pasture and Rangeland Conditions Better than Previous Week. APHIS Announces New Resources Aimed at Preventing ASF Spread.

Inside Agriculture Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2022 2:59

Inside Agriculture Segment 1

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The Doorstep: How Much Will the Global Supply Chain Crisis Cost? with Peter Sand

Carnegie Council Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 38:21

Inflation and a bear market are dominating headlines. Efforts to curb costs and boost markets, like the Ocean Shipping Reform Act—which President Biden is set to sign—should help. Logistics analyst Peter Sand returns to speak with Doorstep co-hosts Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin about what else can be done in the the face of unexpected obstacles to global trade like China's slide back into lockdowns and a fourth month of war in Ukraine. What trade-offs will U.S. consumers have to make in the short and long-term? For more, please go to carnegiecouncil.org.

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06-15-22 - Farm Groups Welcome Passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act. 8 to 14 Day Weather Forecast. WTO Ministerial Conference Focusing on Ag Trade.

Inside Agriculture Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 3:00

Inside Agriculture Segment 1

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DriveTime: June 14, 2022

Agri-Pulse DriveTime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 5:00

A key Senate leader urges swift consideration of a pair of Biden administration nominees, reaction to the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and remarks from a House Ag nutrition hearing in today's DriveTime.

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Farm and Ranch News for June 14, 2022 with Ron Hays on RON

Oklahoma Farm & Ranch News with Ron Hays on RON (Radio Oklahoma Network)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022

Farm and Ranch News for Tuesday, June 14, 2022 In today's farm and ranch news, Ron Hays reports on the latest Crop Progress data from USDA's NASS- and offers reaction to the Monday evening passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act..

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6-14-22 Figuring cost and value of gain for retained calves; USDA announces approval of D-SNAP for New Mexico disaster areas; AFBF applauds final passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Agri-Pulse Open Mic Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022 4:08 Transcription Available

6-14-22 AJ DailyFiguring Cost and Value of Gain for Retained CalvesAdapted from a release by Elliott Dennis, University of Nebraska USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for New Mexico Disaster Areas Adapted from a release by the USDA AFBF Applauds Final Passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act Adapted from a release by the American Farm Bureau Federation Compiled by Paige Nelson, field editor, Angus Journal. For more Angus news, visit angusjournal.net.

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Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 23:09

This week's Open Mic Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member John Boozman. The Arkansas Republican says the Russian-Ukraine conflict is disrupting a major food production region and exacerbating global hunger. Boozman says it is time for Washington to act, not only addressing the immediate needs of starving people but enhancing opportunities to encourage American farmers and ranchers to step up production to meet global shortfalls. Boozman is encouraged that an upcoming committee hearing on new farm policy will include a southern perspective on production, sustainability, and climate-smart farming practices. Boozman favors the Senate version of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and would like to see the legislation approved in short order.

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DriveTime: May 5, 2022

Agri-Pulse DriveTime

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 5:00

Today's DriveTime features the announcement of the next World Food Prize laureate, news on the consideration of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and more.

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AgNet News Hour, Wednesday, 05-04-22

Farm City Newsday by AgNet West

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 41:27

Get the latest agriculture news in today's AgNet News Hour, hosted by Danielle Leal. Today's show covers empty cargo containers and the push for the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, winegrape planting trends in the San Joaquin Valley and NRCS seeking proposals for on-farm trails by June 1st. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features and more.

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Grain Plantings Mixed and Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022

NASS Planting estimates mixed, and Senate passes Ocean Shipping Reform Act in response to port congestion.

Ocean Shipping Reform Act and Release of Strategic Oil Reserves

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022

Senate passes Ocean Shipping Reform Act in response to port congestion, and farm and renewable fuel supporters are not happy after the President allows release of petroleum from strategic oil reserves.

Do we have what it takes to fix Washington's supply chain issues?

Soundside

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 16:28

The Pacific Northwest, like the rest of the world, is dealing with supply chain issues. An increase in demand for foreign goods, combined with a worker shortage, a lack of port terminals and even shipping containers -- All of that means that it's taking longer, and is more expensive, to move products. Legislators say they might have a fix: the Ocean Shipping Reform Act.

April 4, 2022

The Michigan Ag Today Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2022 21:48

Some farmers are thinking about cutting back on inputs. However, if you need to file a claim this year, would that impact your crop insurance? Scott Schmidt, crop insurance manager with GreenStone Farm Credit Services, says it's a gray area. The dairy industry has voiced its support for the need for the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. Brian Basting discusses the price ratio between corn and soybeans pre-USDA report day and post-USDA report day. Rain is in the forecast nearly every day this week. Ryan Martin shares his full outlook.

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Ship, can't you take a joke - Navigate B2B

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 26:09

Steve explores April Fools truisms with the new developments with the grounded Ever Forward, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, President Biden's EV Defense Production Act and why the center of the ocean freight world is focusing on Shanghai.Electric fleets are the future. Are you ready? Discover why ChargePoint is the right partner to take your operation electric to reduce fueling costs, eliminate emissions and help you turn e-mobility into a competitive advantage. Visit chargepoint.solutions/freightwavesFollow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

Dairy Backs Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022

The U.S. dairy industry is pleased with legislation currently moving through Congress. Supporters of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act say the bill would ensure that carriers load products that were already contracted to travel to Asia.

04-01-22: biosecurity plan, payments for drought and wildfire victims, expansion of ELAP, and Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 5:10

Today's update includes information about the why, who and how of a biosecurity plan; information about the USDA providing payments to those affected by drought or wildfire; commentary from the NBCA and LPC about the expansion of ELAP; and comments from the AFBF about bipartisan effort on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act.

Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022

Supply chain issues continue to plague U.S. agricultural exports. During a Farmers for Free Trade Webinar, South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says one of the biggest problems last year is 60 percent of containers returned to Asia from the U.S. empty.

AgriTalk-March 28, 2022

AgriTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 41:54

Greg Peterson – Machinery Pete – reports on a new slate of record-breaking sales including his Pick of the Week, plus results from a retirement auction and a collector auction, and a preview a few auctions coming up this week. Dale Moore is executive vice president at American Farm Bureau Federation and he talks about the Supreme Court's decision to review California's Prop 12 plus the need to pass the Ocean Shipping Reform Act in the Senate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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AOA - March 25, 2022

Adams on Agriculture

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2022 52:51

On Friday, Ag Meteorologist Ed Vallee discussed some potential for rainfall across the northern plains and cornbelt next week; then Darren Dohme, Managing Partner of the Powerline Group joined the show to discuss the different pressures developing in the oil industry, with prices for diesel expected to climb. And, to close the show, Aubrey Bettencourt, President of the Almond Alliance of California discussed their goals with the Ocean Shipping Reform Act.

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3-24-22 New antibiotic restrictions to become reality; NCBA welcomes announcement on Japan-U.S. trade agreement; AFBF urges swift passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act; CattleFax elects 2022 officers

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 4:46 Transcription Available

3-24-22 AJ DailyNew Antibiotic Restrictions to Become RealityAdapted from an article by Becky Funk and Jesse Fulton, University of Nebraska–Lincoln NCBA Welcomes Announcement on Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement Adapted from a release by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association AFBF Urges Swift Passage of Ocean Shipping Reform Act Adapted from a release by the American Farm Bureau Federation CattleFax Elects 2022 Officers Adapted from a release by CattleFax Compiled by Paige Nelson, field editor, Angus Journal. For more Angus news, visit angusjournal.net.

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Dairy Progress Possible on Capitol Hill, NMPF's Bleiberg Says

Dairy Defined

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 10:11 Transcription Available

With rising energy costs and a war effort riveting attention in Washington, 2022 is turning out to be an unusually busy year on Capitol Hill – one that holds opportunity for dairy, said Paul Bleiberg, Senior Vice President of Government Relations for the National Milk Producers Federation, in a Dairy Defined podcast.“Election years can sometimes be quiet in a lot of ways. But there's still a lot of sausage making that goes on,” he said. “We are hopeful that we'll see some progress on supply chain legislation, in particular the Ocean Shipping Reform Act that our trade team has worked really hard on, to move forward in a variety of different contexts. And then that farm bill process is just going to get more and more significant as the date gets closer.”Bleiberg also in the podcast discusses the prospects for “climate-smart” agricultural legislation to pass Congress this year and looks at gains for dairy in recent spending legislation.

AOA - March 21, 2022

Adams on Agriculture

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 52:51

To kick off AOA on Monday, March 21st, Mike Steenhoek of the Soy Transportation Coalition provided an update on the Canadian Pacific Railway strike that has left trains stalled across Canada. John Baranick of DTN Weather looked ahead to the potential of severe weather across the southeast, but also found a bright spot in some moisture for the southern plains. In segment 3, Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed the upcoming nomination hearings for Supreme Court Judge Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson and the work being done to reduce price pressure in fertilizers. Jacqui Fatka, Farm Progress Policy Editor, provided an update on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act as well as key Biden Administration nominations.

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Newsmakers: March 11, 2022: Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D. on Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 31:01

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Newsmakers: March 11, 2022: Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D. on Ocean Shipping Reform Act

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 31:01

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Transport Topics (Feb. 11, 2022)

Transport Topics

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 2:32

To alleviate supply chain woes around the country, Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and John Thune of South Dakota introduced legislation in the Commerce Committee aimed at improving the flow of freight at commercial ports. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act looks to update the regulatory landscape for global shipping stakeholders and takes aim at the Federal Maritime Commission. “Congestion at ports and increased shipping costs pose unique challenges for U.S. exporters, who have seen the price of shipping containers increase four-fold in just two years. Meanwhile, ocean carriers have reported record profits,” Klobuchar noted. Stakeholders have praised the Senate's introduction of the bill.

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Jake Phipps, Americans Tired of Shipping Delays. Will the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Fix it?

The Steve Gruber Show

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 11:00

Jake Phipps is the CEO of international furniture manufacturer, Phipps International. Americans Tired of Shipping Delays. Will the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Fix it?

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The Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2021 – What It Means To You - NavigateB2B

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2021 25:37

Steve examines hammers (tough guy) and spinners (old school) of the OSRA and ramifications of the Act in light of the current state of Containergeddon. What smoke signals are emanating from the stacks of containers both in Port and out of sight, that give Steve reason to believe we are in a new element of the container crisis.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

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Cattle Markets Transparency Bills and Ocean Shipping Reform Act

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021

NCBA and other livestock groups are pleased with House passage of two bills aimed at greater transparency in the cattle markets, and Ocean Shipping Reform Act could solve some supply chain issues.

AgriTalk-December 14, 2021

AgriTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 41:54

Ethan Lane, vice president of government affairs at NCBA, joins us to discuss House passage of authorization for livestock mandatory reporting (LMR) and Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021. U.S. Representative Cindy Axne (IA-03) talks about the Ocean Shipping Reform Act to help send filled containers back to trade partners and ease export snarls contributing to the supply chain issue. Finally, we meet BJ Johnson, co-founder and CEO of ClearFlame Engine Technologies and discuss fueling diesel engines with ethanol. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PODCAST: Ocean Shipping Reform Act; Trident's C/P Acquisition; Import Figures and More

Seafood News

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 8:20

This week on the SeafoodNews Podcast...find out the latest import figures for king crab and shrimp. Plus, learn about the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and Trident's acquisition of 300-foot catcher/processor Starbound from Aleutian Spray Fisheries. This episode of the SeafoodNews Podcast is brought to you by Urner Barry's COMTELL. Urner Barry recently launched a brand new quotation series on Peruvian scallops that can be accessed through COMTELL. The addition of this quotation series further expands Urner Barry's scallop coverage, as market reporters currently quote domestic, Canadian, Chinese and Japanese products. The new pricing category went live on COMTELL and the Seafood Price Current on November 30. The new section features quotations on Dry, IQF Peruvian scallops, sizes 10/20 ct. through 80/120 ct. And, of course, the new price series will be accompanied by Urner Barry's renowned market commentary and analysis. To view the new quotations and all of Urner Barry's global seafood market coverage, visit www.comtell.com.

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Ports Progress Critical, NMPF's Rice Says

Dairy Defined

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 14:34 Transcription Available

Overwhelming support received last week in the U.S. House of Representatives for badly needed shipping-policy reforms is a crucial step, but far from the only one needed, to ensure reliable exports of U.S. dairy products to growing overseas markets, said Tony Rice, trade policy manager for NMPF and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, in a Dairy Defined podcast.Since the Ocean Shipping Reform Act passed the House last week, “We are focused on keeping up that pressure and ensuring both in Congress and both with the administration that there are fixes out there and the fixes are not just a one-time or one-off, that these are going to be some fundamental reforms that are much needed in this industry to ensure that this situation doesn't happen again,” Rice said. Rice explains the complexities of challenges facing U.S. port traffic, with ships experiencing powerful financial incentives to quickly travel to Asia without carrying farm exports necessary to boost rural incomes and the U.S. economy. Rice also explains why public policy changes are essential, and how NMPF is working for full congressional package of reforms.

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The Ocean Shipping Reform Act 2021 – What It Means To You - NavigateB2B

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2021 24:59

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Reading Matt Stoller: Will Monopolies Steal the Infrastructure Money? [Ep. 166, Macropiece Theater]

Making Sense

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 34:00

We are now in a giant parking lot game that threatens the global economy. Thank deregulation and the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998. A reading, by Emil Kalinowski.----------WHO----------Matt Stoller is a fellow at the Open Markets Institute and advises policymakers on the problem of monopoly. He has lectured on competition policy around the world and his writing has appeared in various news media and publications. In 2019 he authored Goliath: The 100-Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy. Read by Emil Kalinowski. Art by David Parkins. Intro/outro is "Alegro" by TAGE at Epidemic Sound.----------WHAT----------Too Big to Sail: How a Legal Revolution Clogged Our Ports: https://bit.ly/3CxOXoa----------WHERE----------Stoller's Substack: https://mattstoller.substack.com/Stoller's Book: https://bit.ly/2YTD5iBStoller's Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewstollerEmil's Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilKalinowskiDavid's Art: https://davidparkins.com/---------HEAR IT----------Vurbl: https://bit.ly/3rq4dPn Apple: https://apple.co/3czMcWNDeezer: https://bit.ly/3ndoVPEiHeart: https://ihr.fm/31jq7cITuneIn: http://tun.in/pjT2ZCastro: https://bit.ly/30DMYzaGoogle: https://bit.ly/3e2Z48MSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3arP8mYPandora: https://pdora.co/2GQL3QgBreaker: https://bit.ly/2CpHAFOCastbox: https://bit.ly/3fJR5xQPodbean: https://bit.ly/2QpaDghStitcher: https://bit.ly/2C1M1GBPlayerFM: https://bit.ly/3piLtjVPodchaser: https://bit.ly/3oFCrwNPocketCast: https://pca.st/encarkdtSoundCloud: https://bit.ly/3l0yFfKListenNotes: https://bit.ly/38xY7pbAmazonMusic: https://amzn.to/2UpEk2PPodcastAddict: https://bit.ly/2V39Xjr

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Law & Mortar Episode 49

Law & Mortar

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 15:08

In this episode of Law & Mortar, Trent and John discuss the recent National Safety Expo, virtual NRCA Legal Conference, International Federation for Roofing Trade, state government reaction to vaccine mandates order, Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021, pandemic impact on every industry on the market and what are the solutions, and how to handle post-review on an employee who is leaving your company.

How the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Could Affect Drayage Operations - Intermodal Summit

FreightWaves LIVE: An Events Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 20:28

Nimesh Modi, CEO of drayage marketplace BookYourCargo, dives into the recent Ocean Shipping Reform Act that would require common ocean carriers to adhere to best practices and regulations around detention and demurrage charges. Modi describes the problems this reform would help solve and how technology could improve from transparency of common carrier operations. He is joined by FreightWaves StaffWriter, Grace Sharkey.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

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How the Ocean Shipping Reform Act Could Affect Drayage Operations - Intermodal Summit

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 20:28

Nimesh Modi, CEO of drayage marketplace BookYourCargo, dives into the recent Ocean Shipping Reform Act that would require common ocean carriers to adhere to best practices and regulations around detention and demurrage charges. Modi describes the problems this reform would help solve and how technology could improve from transparency of common carrier operations. He is joined by FreightWaves Staff Writer, Grace Sharkey.Follow FreightWaves on Apple PodcastsFollow FreightWaves on SpotifyMore FreightWaves Podcasts

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The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2021

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The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021