Look at the Port of Long Beach. Recently, port officials drove the first golden pile into the water for their $1.2bn upgrade and expansion, hailing a modernization that will double the port's traffic when completed in 2019.
The project restores the California port as the biggest in the U.S., and competitively answers the Panama Canal's $5.25bn expansion.
Increased trade capacity makes that possible - and nothing turbocharges trade more than free trade treaties.
With the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact going into force, the U.S. stands to gain $1.1bn in new sales to Colombia, meaning plenty of demand for Long Beach. In anticipation, overall U.S. trade with Colombia increased 19 percent last year alone.
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