If key supply chains unravel, nany goods from China may never flow again into the shelves of the USA
Yet, here is no plan for these missing goods are going to be produced in the USA.
The result will be massive shortages of products and, or price hikes and inflation, hammering US consumers.
The fake alt right media like Alex Jones who predicted 9 11 are trying to push the narrative that this domestic disaster in the USA is of no consequence compared to the economic pain China is facing when US voters did not elect Trump to cause economic pain to China (which is passing for China) but to improve their standard of living, not destroy it by backfiring tariffs, crashing stock markets, sending interest soaring.
This disaster was predictable. Scott Bessent seemed to be showing visible signs of fear during his interview with Tucker Carlson on the tariffs, indicating he knew the way Trump and Bessent approached the tariffs would bring disaster.
Why did Trump, Soros tool Scott Bessent, Lutnick and Navarro embark on this disastrous path? Was it to deliberately destroy the Republican party from within to ensure the Dems win the midterms as Soros and Gates want?
The only option now is to remove Trump and replace him with someone who cancels the tariffs immediately and starts printing money as the Fed did before it was privatized in 1913 to pay for investments in US s manufacturing base.
From media
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/25/trump-has-two-weeks-to-save-america-from-empty-shelves/
Earlier this week, America’s most powerful retail executives trooped into the White House to deliver a blunt prognosis: tariffs on Chinese goods risked causing “empty shelves” in two weeks without a change of course.
The three companies who attended the meeting – Walmart, Target and Home Depot – are among the most exposed to the president’s policies, which include tariffs of up to 145pc on Chinese goods and higher port fees for Chinese-made vessels.
Walmart sources roughly 60pc of its imports from China, including clothing, electronics and toys, according to research Reuters, while around 50pc of Target’s suppliers are also based there.
Many retailers and manufacturers will have a “buffer” of stock kept in warehouses and other storage facilities that will have initially allowed them to weather any disruptions.
But these can only last so long, usually a matter of weeks. And after that point, retailers will face a choice: pay the tariffs and either swallow the extra cost or pass them on to customers; or stop buying goods from China and accept shortages on shelves.
Sailing into trouble
There are signs that many American companies are now responding by cancelling orders, at least temporarily.
It takes about two to three weeks for vessels from the east coast of China to make their way to the west coast of America.
According to data published by the Port of Los Angeles, which handles large amounts of goods shipped from Chinese ports including Shanghai, container traffic was 56pc higher this week than a year earlier, likely reflecting a flood of orders that were placed just before Mr Trump’s “liberation day” tariff announcement on April 2.
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The drop in predicted arrivals at Los Angeles follows reports from data provider Vizion of a “crash” in container bookings in April. For shipments from China to the US, bookings fell 64pc in the first week of the month compared to the previous week.
Analysts blamed the crash on importers who were cancelling shipments to “reassess costs, timelines, and broader trade strategy”.
This is leaving more container ships half-empty – and prompting more shipping companies to cancel voyages in a bid to reduce losses and stop fees plummeting.
The spot cost of shipping a 40ft container has already fallen from $5,729 (£4,300) at the start of the year to $2,793, according to Xeneta, a shipping data platform.
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Whatever Mr Trump now hopes to accomplish, he needs to do it quickly. If not, shoppers may see the impact of this trade war on shelves within weeks.
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