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You talk as though those ships don't still sail to US ports, as though you don't happily buy products from freight carriers who dump waste and use slave labour. Do you actually know what flag was on the ship that brought in your iphone or car? I'd be very impressed if so.

The regulation is clearly useless. Until you only allow certain ships to bring the masses their favourite new gadgets, which I doubt is going to happen in a modern democracy.

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Harm reduction isn't useless.

Regulations so strict that nobody subjects themselves to them don't reduce the harm done to workers.

Of course relaxing our regulations is not the only solution here, we could go all-in and enforce our labor laws on any ship that wants to dock at an American port. Regardless, the status quo isn't doing anything to reduce harm.

My car was built in America and my iPhone flew over on a plane.

You might be surprised to know that a lot of parts on your american car are most likely produced in Mexico.

Presumably shipped by truck then

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