How a 1917 law limits commerce in Puerto Rico

Name: How a 1917 law limits commerce in Puerto Rico
Uploaded: 2015-08-13T18:12:50-04:00
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Description: The Jones Act requires everybody in Puerto Rico to buy goods from an American made ship, with an American crew.

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