Port Of Seattle Commissioner Sounds Alarm On 'Real Implications' Of Trump Tariffs
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Ryan Calkans issued a "stark reminder" about the potential fallout of the president's trade policy.
The commissioner of the Port of Seattle on Wednesday offered a frightening snapshot of how President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs could result in a massive economic blow in the weeks ahead.
Ryan Calkins — who predicted a 40% drop in container imports at the ports of Seattle and nearby Tacoma over the next few weeks — told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that, as of about 6 p.m., there were “no container ships” berthed in the Port of Seattle.
“And that happens every once in a while in normal times but it’s pretty rare,” he said.
“And so to see it tonight is, I think, a stark reminder that the impacts of the tariffs have real implications.”
Calkins added that there weren’t longshore workers on the dock unloading merchandise nor were there trains taking goods to inland ports or other cities such as Chicago, Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa.
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