Economic Impacts of the US 100% Container Scanning Law
by
Frédéric CARLUER, Yann ALIX, Olivier JOLY
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2008
The ‘100% scanning’ law, or House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1), aims to protect US territory against terrorist risks likely to affect the global logistic chain. A unilateral step, it may be perceived as a disguised protectionist measure which would transfer the risk of ‘seacurity’ to its partners,...