A labor dispute at major West Coast shipping hubs could spell trouble for the U.S. economy.
The conflict has been brewing for months between dockworkers and their operators at shipping ports in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Oakland Calif., and Seattle — crucial points of entry for Asian imports.
The standoff, affecting operations responsible for shipping hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of cargo each year, has garnered attention from government officials concerned about its ramifications for the entire U.S. supply chain.
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