Trump’s tariff hit the most crowded port in the West – as traffic fell by about a third of World news
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While driving south of Los Angeles along the coast, you cannot miss the San Pedro Port Complex. Dozens of red cranes float on the surface from behind the highway.
The sound of the industry is discharged as containers of huge ocean blankets to trucks and charging tramples that seem to end.
Long Beach port collects with a port Los Angeles To make the most crowded port in the Western hemisphere.
San Pedro Port Complex
Colorful metal containers contain anything and everything, from clothes and auto parts to refrigerators and furniture. About 300 billion dollars of goods pass here every year and 60 % of it China.
But at the present time, it is less busy than usual. Traffic decreased by a third, compared to this time last year.
In the closest part of the mainland US To China, this is Donald Trumpnew Definitions Politics at work, and the direct result of the frozen trade between the two countries.
“For the month of May, we expect to decrease by 30 % in terms of we were in May 2024,” says Noel Hasagaba, chief operational officer at Long Beach Port, for Sky News.
“What is translated to it is a fewer ships and a fewer container. This means that there is a need for fewer trucks to transport those containers from the port station to the warehouses. This means fewer jobs.”
Noel Hasagaba, CEO of Operations at Long Beach Port
“We hardly succeed”
Helen Andradi knows everything about it. She and her husband, Javier, are both truck drivers. Helen has only acquired her license in the past few years, so when work dries, she is likely to be affected first.
“I lie down at night, worried about this,” she says.
“We hardly stay alive and see the work slowly. In my case, there are two income they will not come. How will we survive?”
“I am afraid for the next two weeks, because during the next two weeks, I will see where this happens, whether I have provided enough money, and I know I didn’t do it,” she added.
Helen Andradi truck driver
In the Long Beach, one in every five functions is connected to the port. But what is happening in the port does not remain here.
The shipments reach every part of the country, and indeed, a decrease in some elements imported from China and toured prices.
A games area is located in the downtown of Los Angeles, a multicultural area consisting of dozens of streets of pastel color buildings, home to importers and wholesalers from games, most of which are imported from China.
Colorful balloons Windows lines in La’s Toy District area
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One woman in a warehouse game reads Chinese newspaper. It indicates a title on a 145 % tariff.
“I cannot bear this, I cannot bear this, I will have to raise prices,” she says, is angry.
Empty shelves
Pred two or the slightest parties for the parties, and the sale of gift bags and packaging paper. There are empty shelves that were full.
“These empty spaces are the place where we stopped importing from China because the definitions are very high,” says the owner, Jacob Mock.
Party store owner Jacob Mock
Empty shelves in the concert store Mr. Mock
“I will continue to watch China and America’s negotiations. I hope as soon as possible to get to a deal because this is very difficult for us,” he tells Sky News.
Jacob is not alone. The impact on the supply chain is feeling.
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American Trade Secretary Scott Beesen will meet his Chinese counterpart in Switzerland this week.
The pressure on Mr. Trump’s team grows to conclude a deal with China and do so quickly.
