<p>It&#8217;s looking increasingly likely that dock workers on the East Coast will launch a massive strike Tuesday, shuttering 36 ports along the East and Gulf Coasts. If that happens, Americans could experience supply chain disruptions through election day and well into the holiday season.</p>
<p>About three quarters of banana imports to the U.S. arrive at ports that would be affected by a strike, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bananas-cars-clothes-us-port-labor-dispute-threatens-range-products-2024-09-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the chairman of Michigan State University&#8217;s department of supply chain management. Coffee and cocoa imports would also be affected, as would pharmaceutical imports — a third of which are routed through the port in Charleston, South Carolina.</p>
<p>Contract negotiations between port ownership and the International Longshoremen&#8217;s Association, which represents more than 85,000 dock workers, broke down over the summer, and the two sides remain in a stalemate over both wages and automating port operations. A strike of this size would cause wide-ranging supply chain issues that could impact consumers past Election Day and well into the holiday season.</p>
<p>The National Tree Company, which sells artificial Christmas trees and other decorations, has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/business/economy/port-strike-economy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rushed</a> to import goods early to beat the strike, but expects to see 15% of its goods stranded if a port strike happens.</p>
<p>A strike would delay some $32.8 billion in clothing imports, and just over $23 billion of furniture imports. In the year that ended June 30, about $37.8 billion in vehicle imports <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bananas-cars-clothes-us-port-labor-dispute-threatens-range-products-2024-09-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> through the ports that would be shut down, according to S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence. Baltimore&#8217;s port sees the most car shipments of any port in the country.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/facts-ep-18-striking-workers"><strong>WATCH: Ben Shapiro Explains Why the Dockworkers Strike Could Impact You</strong></a></p>
<p>Peter Kopke, who has been importing fruit at his family&#8217;s company Kopke Fruit since 1958, warned that Americans would see prices &#8220;rise sharply&#8221; if the strike happens.</p>
<p>&#8220;Right now there&#8217;s million of boxes of citrus fruit as well as bananas and others that are going to be caught in the strike,&#8221; Kopke <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoTC5pbwFC0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Fox Business. &#8220;And if the strike lasts for any length of time, the fruit will deteriorate, and those business that employ thousands of employees will have to stop because they&#8217;re going to lose millions of dollars. So it&#8217;s a very, very serious thing, especially for perishables.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is something that is quite different since 50 or 60 years ago because now the international commerce is a tremendous part of our economy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;You have 45,000 workers affecting 350 million people.&#8221;</p>
<p>The strike could also disrupt American exports, of beef, cotton, and poultry. About 70% of all poultry exports and more than a quarter of all egg exports leave via East and Gulf Coast ports, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bananas-cars-clothes-us-port-labor-dispute-threatens-range-products-2024-09-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to customs data and the USA Poultry &amp; Egg Export Council. Nearly half of all pork exports set to travel by ship, about 45%, and 30% of all beef exports were shipped out of the affected ports from January through July, a U.S. Meat Export Federation spokesperson <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bananas-cars-clothes-us-port-labor-dispute-threatens-range-products-2024-09-25/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Reuters.</p>
<p>Supply chain shortages could cause prices to rise just as families are trying to recover from the <a href="https://econofact.org/inflation-and-prices#:~:text=But%20inflation%20rose%20well%20above,measured%20using%20the%20CPI%2DU." target="_blank" rel="noopener">nearly</a> 20% spike in prices since before the pandemic. Inflation is one of the most important issues to voters this presidential election, which has Vice President Kamala Harris locked in a tight race against former president Donald Trump less than six weeks out from Election Day.</p>
<p>About 76% of voters say inflation is a major factor in their choice for president, an August CBS poll <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-harris-inflation-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a>. Over half of voters favor Trump on the economy, compared with 46% who favor Harris, a Fox News poll <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/09/25/economy-election-harris-trump-polls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a>.</p>
<p>Harris has struggled to say how she would lower prices.</p>
<p>She has acknowledged that &#8220;the bills add up&#8221; and promised that &#8220;building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency.&#8221; However, many of her proposals would require congressional approval, and the campaign has not offered many details about how to pay for expensive proposals like a free $25,000 down payment for first-time home buyers.</p>

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