More than half of US-China trade – worth US$659.8 billion last year – passes through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Photo: AFP
California, ‘ground zero for US-China relations’, feels the pinch as trade war tariffs hit American port traffic
- Trade volumes at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach dropped significantly in October, with last year’s frantic front-loading a distant memory
- Southern California is home to huge network of trade-related jobs, with new era of uncertainty sending ripples of concern through the industry
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More than half of US-China trade – worth US$659.8 billion last year – passes through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Photo: AFP