Port Of Seattle Commissioner Sounds Alarm On 'Real Implications' Of Trump Tariffs

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Source: Huff Post

May 8, 2025, 01:17 AM EDT | Updated 3 hours ago


The commissioner of the Port of Seattle on Wednesday offered a frightening snapshot of how President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs could result in a massive economic blow in the weeks ahead. Ryan Calkins — who predicted a 40% drop in container imports at the ports of Seattle and nearby Tacoma over the next few weeks — told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that, as of about 6 p.m., there were “no container ships” berthed in the Port of Seattle.

“And that happens every once in a while in normal times, but it’s pretty rare,” he said. “And so to see it tonight is, I think, a stark reminder that the impacts of the tariffs have real implications.”

Calkins added that there weren’t longshore workers on the dock unloading merchandise, nor were trains taking goods to inland ports or other cities such as Chicago, Illinois, and Des Moines, Iowa. “That’s hundreds of jobs right here in our region and across the country,” Calkins continued. He went on to describe ports as the “canary in the coal mine” for the country. “The canary’s struggling right now,” he said.

Economists have claimed that if America faces a recession, the possibility of which Trump has downplayed, it will begin on U.S. docks as the president rallies behind 145% tariffs on imported goods from China.


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[erronis]

1. A recession (or better a depression) is the trmpian goal.

As much as his bobble-head can have a goal. It wouldn't bother putin or the US oligarchs either.

[maxsolomon]

2. I can see the Port of Seattle from my desk.

There's nothing but the ferries in the shipyard. Not one container ship.

As the Commissioner said, there was 1 yesterday. One.