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Setcrotsn ga3d0if%fe rr-eductare extremely expensive.plan egovernment ion.newTheproject car corridor bill is partgo of a pushpermits for commercial vehi- inCongresstoshiftsupplyclestravelling betweentwo- LIBERTY GLOBAL LOGISTICS llcchains, particularly in indusGreater Vancouverforterminals,tries critical nationalLynnterm andFraserfromSurreydefense, away ChinaDocks,andwherehighway and back toward the U.S.16 crosses the border.Muchthelike AlbertaChineseTrucksusing the routes- SIMPLIFYING YOUR OCEAN TRANSPORTATIONCommunist Party hasthreatfromtothe cut twothe U.S.fromwereenedof fterminalsabsolvedcompletinglife-saving frommedicinesmadethetraditionalextraordinary in China, the Chinese Com-load approval process.munistPartycouldalsocut off ourBu taccess this ha tos b theseeen di smaterimissed-asasignificant approach byals,piecemealylthreatening thePortofVancouverand U.S. national security, Cruz, the BC Trucking Association a Texas Republican, said in a (BCTA)observing, among statement. The Ore Act will otherthings,thatthecorri-help ensure China never has doronlyappliestocargoes that opportunity by establish-movingtoandfromthose ing a rare earth elements and two terminals. Thus, if a load critical minerals supply chain meetingthesizerequire-in the U.S.mentsbutoriginatingfrom Thebillwouldcreate another port, such as Seattle tax incentives for companies or Tacoma, it cannot qualify tobuyrareearthelements for a streamlined permit - and within the U.S. It would also this can take up to 12 business requiretheDefenseDepart-days, admits the BC Ministry menttodoso,andwould ofTransportationandInfra-provide money for pilot pro-structure (MOTI).grams to expand the Ameri-In its latest salvo addressed can rare earths industry.totheprovincialministryin The legislation is among mid-September,theBCTA anumberofproposalsto stated:BCTAhasbeen strike back at Chinawhom requestingactiononfrus-manyRepublicans,includ-trationsexperiencedby ing President Donald Trump, membershaulingoversize-faultfornotactingsooner overweightloadsregarding to prevent the spread of the permitturnaroundtimesfor coronavirus.whichledto anumberofyears.Specifi-morethan280,000deaths cally, members have reported worldwideandmorethan processing times of 25 days 80,000 in the U.S.ormore,whenneighbour-CruzandotherRepub-ingjurisdictionsareissuing licanshavealreadyintro-permits for the same loads in ducedmeasurestoreduce much shorter timeframes and U.S.dependencyonChina insomecasesonthesame fordrugsandothermedical day.WehaveaskedMOTI equipment.Theyhavealso three times over the past two sponsoredlegislationtolet yearstodealwithananti-U.S. citizens sue China over quatedsystemthatcontin-harm caused by the virus and uestobeprimarilymanual, have called for banning live paper-based,understaffedand wildlifemarketswherethe far too complex. CONTACT US AT:Ports of call - Beaumont, Freeport, Jacksonville, Baltimore, virus may have originated.ThelikelihoodofthePhone: 516-488-8800 Wilmington, Livorno, Beirut, Aqaba, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Abu China provided 71% of the internationalshippingcom- Website: www.LibertyGL.com Dhabi, Hamad Kuwait, Dammam, Karachiglobal rare earth elements pro-munity to use US ports and duced in 2018 and was the topFor Rate Quotes: [email protected] Transshipment - Mersin, Alexandria, Bahrain, Mumbai,avoidBCbecauseofthese supplier to the U.S. that year,For Bookings: [email protected] Abu Dhabi, Doha, Soharchallengesiswellknown.'