Museums and national parks closed, long queues at customs: what does the ‘shutdown’ in the US mean?

“If this lasts for a long time, you risk that the customs bounds are calling for a strike and then the consequences for tourists who travel to the US will be great.” America and professor of Public Finance Herman Matthijs (VUB) shines his light on the current ‘shutdown’ of the US government. Can you better postpone that visit to the Grand Canyon? Are you standing in front of a closed door at the Moma in New York? The US government is locked and that has its nasty consequences.

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