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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNot a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is effectively dead. The last ship from China
will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We're about to hit a level of scarcity at retailers nationwide that will make covid seem like child's play.
Don't believe me? Just take a ride on the ferry to Seattle and look south. The port is a ghost town.
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OAITW r.2.0
(30,064 posts)Real consequences.
There a house in my town that still has Trump signs up. The person is also a FedEx delivery driver. I think that might be changing soon.
Cha
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Demobrat
(10,143 posts)across the bay when I walk on the waterfront. Normally the huge container ships are lined up waiting to dock. Its quite a sight. But I havent seen many lately.
Hekate
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Iamscrewed
(160 posts)tRump really doing a good job for the asshole, s that put him in. when are these dumbassed ignorant rednecks gonna wake up and stop the stupidity.
nolabear
(43,675 posts)Theres a significant slowdown and a lot of anxiety but there are ships.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/tariff-tit-for-tat-has-seattle-waiting-for-the-ships-to-come-in/
ancianita
(40,353 posts)Maru Kitteh
(30,098 posts)Along with almost every other sector of the economy. This will not be a Walmart shopper issue, it will hurt most of us. Also, for those inclined, (not saying you by any means) regarding Walmart shoppers with a downcast gaze is very much a part of how we have come to find ourselves where we are now.
Magoo48
(6,255 posts)Thousands of tons of plastic junks not ending up in landfills or our ocean.
bronxiteforever
(10,368 posts)From Fortune on Friday
Logistics experts are warning that cargo volumes at U.S. ports are undergoing a precipitous drop. This trend is most apparent in Los Angeles, home to the nations busiest port, and one that is first to feel any drop-off from Asian shipping. The drop in container shipping is the latest sign the White Houses trade war is having a real effect on the U.S. economy, and one sizable group of workers is poised to feel the impact first: long-haul truckers.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/huge-decline-la-port-hit-094500391.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIb2inTBjAzBplESZDYuQP5v0cPYeeap89lD71HBGqtvGA0RHLAgokqDxkOC-zhn3pmka9F1b284wn3UKQSLiR8Mk_yjJDadtYpY_u5l2FjpaUsLj3ozDI7TQnbza6QenYM6eK1c5Ni954htkaBy_z93BUDgLaoMPyyBEXnRp-2I
Bernardo de La Paz
(54,951 posts)Especially in these autocratic tyrannical times. Anybody who clicks on that link is associated with you and you with them.
Assume DU is watched. They have no right to, but that doesn't stop them. Try trimming at the question mark.
Xolodno
(6,968 posts)...now, they may find themselves hurting. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.
Skittles
(163,655 posts)fucking idiots