Outsourcing is now a political issue. In February, Gregory Mankiw, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, asserted that the US economy benefited from outsourcing jobs. While this claim may have been politically tone-deaf, it was a valid recognition that outsourcing jobs - like trade - allows the US economy to find cheaper ways to function. Almost everyone in the transportation and logistics industry is in favor of global trade. they must also recognize, though, that the industry has also always relied upon outsourcing.