Now if you go back to World War II, America constructed thousands of so called liberty ships to carry troops, cargo and other things, building them at a pace of three ships every two days. Three ships every two days. Now We build about five commercial ships across an entire year in the United States of America. And as a result, the United States today accounts for 0.1%, 1/10 of 1% of global shipbuilding. China, on the other hand, now makes more commercial ships than the rest of the world combined. (05:02–05:08)
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Asserts that the U.S. builds about five commercial ships per year.
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