Trade
Port Strike Looms Just as Farmers Seek to Export Bumper Harvests
- Action risks disrupting shipments to China, other destinations
- Congested rails, dry rivers also complicate movement of crops
US dockworkers at ports on the East and Gulf coasts are less than 24 hours away from striking amid stalled talks with the group representing ocean carriers and port terminal operators.
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A looming strike of US dockworkers is threatening to disrupt US grains and other commodity exports at a crucial time for American farmers seeking to sell bumper harvests.