Trump tariffs prompt slump in shipments to US ports
by Richard Partington Senior economics correspondent from on (#6WXHQ)
Number of vessels scheduled to arrive at Port of Los Angeles next week is down by almost a third year on year
Donald Trump's increasingly erratic trade war has triggered a slump in shipments to the US's most important ports, amid the growing risk of a recession in the world's largest economy.
In the latest sign of the US president's tariff policies rattling the economy, figures show the number of vessels scheduled to arrive at the Port of Los Angeles next week is down by almost a third on the same period a year earlier.
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