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NickB79

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Sat May 10, 2025, 01:44 PM May 10

Zero ships from China are bound for California's top ports. Officials haven't seen that since the pandemic [View all]

Source: CNN

On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t happened since the pandemic.

Six days ago, 41 vessels were scheduled to depart China for the San Pedro Bay Complex, which encompasses both the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach in California. On Friday, it was zero.

President Donald Trump’s trade war imposed massive tariffs on most Chinese imports last month. That’s led to fewer ships at sea carrying less cargo to America’s ports. For many businesses, it is now too expensive to do business with China, one of America’s most important trading partners.

Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/05/10/business/zero-ships-china-trade-ports-pandemic

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