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Agriculture isn’t nearing trade war tariffs crisis, ‘it is full blown crisis already’ farmers say
A crane unloads peas imported from Canada at the Laizhou port area of Yantai Port in Yantai, China, on February 28, 2025. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images The clock is ticking on trade deals that the U.S. will need to strike with many nations, most notably China, to avoid what Trump’s Treasury Secretary has […]
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If Chinese-built containership fines take effect, ‘we’re out of business in U.S.,’ ocean carrier says
Niche ocean carrier Atlantic Container Line is warning the fines the U.S. government is considering hitting Chinese-built freight vessels with would force it to leave the United States and throw the global supply chain out of balance, potentially fueling freight rates not seen since Covid. “This hits American exporters and importers worse than anybody else,” […]
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The U.S. is not prepared to win an economic war against China-built containerships, farmers, ocean carriers warn
SUZHOU, CHINA – MARCH 18: ‘ONE FOREVER’ container ship, with a length of 366 meters and width of 51 meters, is assisted by tugboats as it prepares to leave a dockyard of Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. on March 18, 2024 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images […]
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With the A’s leaving Oakland, the Pioneer League B’s want fan investment in Bay Area baseball
Paul Freedman, co-founder and CEO of the Oakland Ballers Paul Freedman, a 45-year-old serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold five educational technology companies, decided last June he wanted a new type of venture: a baseball team. When MLB’s A’s announced last year they planned to leave Oakland, California, for Las Vegas, Freedman was despondent. […]
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A half-million school buses across US could become EV battery powerhouse feeding energy back onto the grid
The nightlife of school buses is about to get more interesting. Zum, which provides student transportation including EV buses to 4,000 schools across the country, is partnering with the Oakland Unified School District to start selling power stored in EV batteries back to the California utility grid. Oakland is the first school district in the […]
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Biden Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su engaged in tense West Coastline port contract negotiations
Julie Su testifies prior to a Senate Wellness, Training, Labor and Pensions Committee listening to on her nomination to be Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 20, 2023. Amanda Andrade-rhoades | Reuters President Biden’s Performing Labor Secretary Julie Su is in recent conversation with labor and port administration representatives in an effort […]
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$5.2 billion in cargo stuck off West Coastline ports in truck and container bottleneck
A image of Fenix Maritime Companies rail terminal on June 8, 2023, taken by a trucker. The “sluggish and go” pace of the Global Longshore and Warehouse Union workforce at West Coast ports has slowed floor port productivity to a crawl. As a consequence, source chain intelligence organization MarineTraffic information reveals what it is calling […]
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West Coast port labor troubles persist from Los Angeles to Seattle, with provide chain annoyance mounting
A container ship is revealed at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, November 22, 2021. Mike Blake | Reuters Just hours just after the reopening of the West Coastline ports on Monday following numerous closures that began at the Port of Oakland final Friday when some union staff refused to report for […]
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West Coast ports shut down as union employees ‘no show’ after breakdown in wage negotiations
Transport containers are observed at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland. Carlos Barria | Reuters West Coast ports are shutting down as union personnel “no present” following a breakdown in negotiations with port management. The Port of Oakland was shut down Friday morning owing to insufficient labor for terminal operations, a stoppage that is […]
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In Chinatowns across the U.S., tradition and history collide with luxury development
Just a few hundred people of Chinese heritage still live in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown. Many have been pushed out to cheaper and safer areas. Noah Sheidlower | CNBC Penny and Jack Lee, now married, grew up in the 1960s and 1970s among the thousands of people of Chinese heritage who lived in apartments lining the […]
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