March 4, 2022 2:19PM 

# A Jones Act Picture Is Worth a Thousand (Angry) Words 

By [Colin Grabow](https://www.cato.org/people/colin-grabow) 

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[![Vlad Jones Act](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/2022-03/Putin%20Uncle%20Sam.jpeg?itok=TXNdek4B)](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-countries-including-russia-benefit-from-wwi-era-jones-act)

Via the [*Washington Examiner.*](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign-countries-including-russia-benefit-from-wwi-era-jones-act) For more about how the Jones Act has encouraged imports of Russian energy, please see this [blog post](https://www.cato.org/blog/us-protectionism-gives-boost-russian-energy-imports) or visit the Cato Institute’s Jones Act [webpage](https://www.cato.org/project-jones-act-reform).

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[Trade Policy](https://www.cato.org/trade-policy), [Project on Jones Act Reform](https://www.cato.org/project-jones-act-reform) 

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