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June 4, 2019
Capitol Hill Briefing

Keeping Up with the Jones Act
Featuring Daniel Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Colin Grabow, Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; moderated by Jeff Vanderslice, Director of Government & External Affairs, Cato Institute.
April 30, 2019
Policy Forum

Unnatural Disaster: Assessing the Jones Act’s Impact on Puerto Rico
Featuring Vicente Feliciano, Founder and President, Advantage Business Consulting; John Dunham, President, John Dunham & Associates; Luis Rivera Marín, Secretary of State, Government of Puerto Rico; moderated by Anne Krueger, Senior Research Professor of International Economics, School for Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
December 6, 2018
Conference

The Jones Act: Charting a New Course after a Century of Failure
While failing to provide its promised benefits, the Jones Act has imposed a huge economic burden that manifests itself in various ways, ranging from higher transportation costs to increased traffic and pollution. This full-day conference examines these costs in greater detail, discusses the fallacies behind the Jones Act’s national security argument, and evaluates options for reform.