Transportation and warehousing sectors are poised to first feel the pinch, with a broader economic fallout expected if the strike drags on.
Category: International Trade and World Market
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Dockworkers Strike at U.S. Ports Could Begin Tuesday
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association could walk off the job, halting most shipments at East and Gulf Coast ports and rattling the U.S. economy.
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Port Strike on the East and Gulf Coasts: What to Know
Thousands of dockworkers who load and unload cargo ships could walk off the job on Tuesday, halting nearly all activity at ports from Maine to Texas.
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Trump’s Plans Could Spur Inflation While Slowing Growth, Study Finds
A nonpartisan economic analysis warned that deporting migrants and increasing tariffs would damage the U.S. economy.
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Harris Now Has an Economic Plan. Can It Best Trump’s Promises?
A central question in the final stretch of the election is if Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposals will cohere into an economic argument that can top former President Donald J. Trump’s.
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Trump’s Low-Tax, High-Tariff Strategy Could Clash With Economic Realities
The former president’s efforts to compel companies to remain in the United States had limited success while he was in the White House.
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An East Coast Port Strike Could Shake the Economy
Businesses are preparing for a strike by dockworkers on the East and Gulf Coasts, which could begin Oct. 1 if negotiations don’t yield a new contract.
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China Is Striking Deals to Cement Its Role as Asia’s Trade Hub
Beijing’s leaders are working with regional neighbors on the country’s western, northern and southern borders to develop new rail and sea links.
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How Trump Could Upend Taxation in America
With slogans and in social-media posts, the former president has dribbled out ideas that, together, would fundamentally change how taxes are collected in the U.S.
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How Trump Could Upend Taxation in America
With slogans and in social-media posts, the former president has dribbled out ideas that, together, would fundamentally change how taxes are collected in the U.S.
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Exploding Pagers Deliver Supply Chain Warning
The attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon are likely to generate greater momentum for moving factory production closer to home.
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Backlash Erupts Over Europe’s Anti-Deforestation Law
Leaders around the world are asking the European Union to delay rules that would require companies to police their global supply chains.