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A West Coast Port Strike Would Cost US Economy $500 Million a Day

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By Brendan Murray

April 10, 2023 at 11:02 AM UTC

A slow-motion train wreck.

That’s the image shipping analyst Lars Jensen conjured over the long weekend as talks between dockworkers on the US West Coast and their employers drag on, boosting concern of another nationwide supply-chain mess.