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Hawaii definitely needs an exemption from the Jones act. It is crazy that goods from Asia to Hawaii go through California because if the non US flagged ship stops in Hawaii, it can't continue to California.

As stated, statehood would not solve this part of the problem for Puerto Rico (i.e., they would need a Jones Act exemption as well).

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Wouldn't going from Hawai'i -> Canada/Mexico -> US solve this?

Similarly for Puerto Rico, wouldn't Florida -> The Bahamas -> Puerto Rico solve some of the issues?

The only issue with adding foreign stops is the additional import/export regulations. NAFTA solves some of that for an intermediary stop in Canada/Mexico, but doesn't do much to help Puerto Rico's situation.

I never knew there was a rule against that. Wouldn't it potentially drop the cost and environmental impact of trans pacific cargo if hawaii was used as a refueling station?

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