Lots More on What America's Busiest Port is Seeing from the Trade Tariffs
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What is the current state of container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles?
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Oh, yes. Uh so we have with us Gene Siroca, the executive director of the Port of LA, which is the busiest port in the US. Welcome back to the show, Gene.
Tracy, Joe, good to be here.
So one of the reasons we wanted to talk to you is obviously there's a lot of confusion about what's going on with trade policy right now. And, you know, we talked on the show about the potential for empty shelves in America if goods aren't coming in any longer. And so I really wanted to go kind of directly to the source and figure out exactly what is going on in terms of imports right now. So we thought you were the perfect person to catch up with.
Your timing is impeccable because over the last seven days here at the largest port in the Western Hemisphere, we've averaged five container ships a day. Normally at this time of year, it would be about ten to twelve ships in port every single day. Subsequently, job openings for our doc workers are down almost fifty percent over the last several weeks.
So this is really interesting because you know, on the one hand, we've had the delay in tariffs, the ninety day delay. And who knows what's gonna happen after that. So you expected to see a drop in traffic in April and early May, but on the other hand, you could see some front loading of traffic going into the port as people try to get ahead of the new deadline. But that's not what you're seeing right now.
No, not at all.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the current state of container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles?
0:00–13:05
2
Why are container arrivals down to five ships a day instead of the usual ten‑plus?
13:05–16:04
3
How are the new 30%‑plus tariffs affecting small‑to‑mid‑size importers?
16:04–18:45
4
What impact do 57.5% auto‑part tariffs have on Detroit factories and U.S. supply chains?
18:45–18:56
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