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Job Losses Loom as Trade Tensions with China Rise

5/11/2025

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick encouraged dock workers and truckers to stay hopeful amid job losses linked to dwindling trade with China. While President Trump touted the reduced cargo volume as a positive, economists caution that tariffs could spike consumer prices and trigger a recession, raising fears of escalating unemployment and inflation.

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick encouraged dock workers and truckers to stay hopeful amid job losses linked to dwindling trade with China. While President Trump touted the reduced cargo volume as a positive, economists caution that tariffs could spike consumer prices and trigger a recession, raising fears of escalating unemployment and inflation.