Technology in Services Policies for Growth, Trade, and Employment (1988) / Chapter Skim
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Air Cargo Transportation in the Next Economy
Air Cargo Transportation in the Next Economy
Pages 160-166
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The rapid erosion of the relevance of world geography by communications technology spawned a new phrase, "the global village." During the same period, however, another industry with equally far-reaching possibilities was emerging: express air cargo transportation. Compared to the information industry, much less has been written or said about the air express industry and its impact on global economics.
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JIT and air express are in the forefront of that new era. If information technology created the concept of a global village, then express air transport technology is creating the concept of the global factory and the global store.
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Another reason for the optimism has to do with the enlightened attitude toward the "services" part of the phrase "services economy." When that phrase came into vogue in the early 1980s, too many people equated a services economy with retail clerking, janitorial services, and the like: Some even feared that services would supplant manufacturing, that the United States would become a nation of people who would serve each other hamburgers
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Technology alone no matter how advanced will not bring success, but with properly motivated people who work in a stimulating environment and have a feeling of direct involvement in the firm's objectives and activities, there is no limit to what can be accomplished. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY POLICY Although the potential for both national and global gains through sophisticated express cargo operations is becoming recognized, restrictive domestic trucking and outdated international aviation treaties continue to hamper overall economic growth.
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Air Transport Treaties and International Air Cargo Markets The factors that created the express market here in the United States are already at work internationally. In addition, the transnational integration of production is creating pressure on existing economic, social, and industrial practices in nations trading in world markets.
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Existing bilateral trade agreements are not consistent with the needs of the express cargo marketplace; treaties that focus solely on passenger services needs must be overhauled to account for the needs of the modern air cargo market in terms of route structures, physical characteristics (especially size and weight) , and the urgency and schedules required for an uninterrupted flow of express materials.
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First, the United States should constantly review and, if necessary, update its own international trade policies to keep them current with the realities of the marketplace. Next, the United States needs to implement a system of monitoring the many and varied trade policies of other nations and to negotiate changes where necessary to ensure equitable U.S.
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