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News / Trade war still hitting US west coast ports, but tariff delay is better news

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West coast US ports suffered last month, but there may be some relief with the news that the US government is rethinking plans for further tariffs in September.

The port of Long Beach experienced a 9.7% volume drop in July, handling 621,780 teu, and executive director ...

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  • Sol Green

    August 14, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Hi,

    Numbers don’t lie. Yes, the delay in tariff’s on many items helps future decline in volume. But in regards to pass volume, damage was done. For a correction, the 25% tariff will need to be adjusted…

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