August 10, 2010 1:57PM 

# The U.S.S. Trade Policy? 

By [Daniel J. Ikenson](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-j-ikenson) 

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This capsizing container ship in the Port of Mumbai strikes me as the perfect metaphor for U.S. trade policy, with Skipper Pelosi at the [helm](http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0390). Just imagine how many jobs we can create by sending imports to the bottom of the sea. Heck, think of all the jobs we could create by sinking our own exports and making them all over again.

Senator Schumer, I’m just kidding.

##### Related Tags 

[Trade Policy](https://www.cato.org/trade-policy), [Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies](https://www.cato.org/herbert-stiefel-center-trade-policy-studies) 

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