“China exports to U.S. plunge as tariffs hit, leading some experts to warn of product shortages”

“Shipments of goods from China to the U.S. are dropping sharply with the Trump administration’s steep tariffs in place, leading major U.S. retailers to warn about impending supply shortages…

At the Port of Los Angeles, which, along with the Port of Long Beach, receives roughly 40% of all imports from Asia, shipments last week were down 10% compared with the same period one year earlier. That number is expected to keep falling. 

“We are now beginning to see the flow of cargo to the Port of Los Angeles slow,” Port of Los Angeles executive director Eugene Seroka said at a Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners meeting on April 24. “It’s my prediction that in two weeks time, arrivals will drop by 35%,” he added…”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-exports-to-us-drop-sharply/

So a 10% drop is going to cause shortages? That sounds a little dramatic to me.