{"id":1920,"date":"2025-04-25T12:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkromano.com\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:38:32","slug":"trump-trade-policies-about-to-really-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/trump-trade-policies-about-to-really-hurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Trade Policies About to Really Hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themarkromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trade.png?resize=530%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themarkromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trade.png?w=800 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themarkromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trade.png?resize=300%2C206 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themarkromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trade.png?resize=768%2C528 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Donald Trump\u2019s unpredictable trade policies\u2014especially the escalating tariffs on Chinese goods\u2014are beginning to ripple through the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until now, American consumers haven\u2019t felt the full impact. But that may be changing fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Home Depot, which rely heavily on Chinese imports, recently warned the White House that continued tariffs could lead to empty store shelves within weeks. Walmart alone gets about 60% of its imports from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As shipping companies scramble to adjust, container traffic between China and the U.S. is starting to collapse. \u201cBlank sailings\u201d\u2014canceled shipping routes\u2014have surged, with over 40% of scheduled trips from Asia to the U.S. East Coast being scrapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bookings for container shipments from China to the U.S. fell 64% in early April, according to Vizion. Analysts say many companies are canceling orders while they reassess costs and strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This drop in demand is leaving cargo ships half-empty, pushing shipping rates down sharply. The cost to ship a 40-foot container has fallen by more than 50% since January, according to data firm Xeneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the effects of the trade war spread, it\u2019s clear that American businesses\u2014and soon consumers\u2014are bracing for impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is what happens when to elect a moron to be President of the United States. Good job, America!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s unpredictable trade policies\u2014especially the escalating tariffs on Chinese goods\u2014are beginning to ripple through the U.S. economy. Until now, American consumers haven\u2019t felt the full impact. But that may be changing fast. Major retailers like Walmart, Target, and Home Depot, which rely heavily on Chinese imports, recently warned the White House that continued tariffs could lead to empty store <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/trump-trade-policies-about-to-really-hurt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Trump Trade Policies About to Really Hurt<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themarkromano.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/trade.png?fit=800%2C550","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1922,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions\/1922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/themarkromano.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}