Crippling implications of US initiative
One of the more interesting announcements at the beginning of 2007 is that the opposition party in the US, the Democrats, are to fast track legislation which within three years aims to ban containers from entering the US unless they are scanned at source by US-installed equipment and fitted with US mandated seals. It is appropriate that the words United States were mentioned numerous times in this announcement as this is clearly the focus: i.e.protection of the US with almost a total disregard for the impact such a measure would have on the container system outside the US.
One of the more interesting announcements at the beginning of 2007 is that the opposition party in the US, the Democrats, are to fast track legislation which within three years aims to ban containers from entering the US unless they are scanned at source by US-installed equipment and fitted with US mandated seals. It is appropriate that the words United States were mentioned numerous times in this announcement as this is clearly the focus: i.e.protection of the US with almost a total disregard for the impact such a measure would have on the container system outside the US.