All the political instability America has been facing will become more apparent for the average American in the upcoming weeks as the effects of Donald Trumps policies begin to manifest.
Currently the ports in Los Aneles which are responsible for approximately 31% of everything the U.S. imports & exports in containers over the water is seeing a 10% drop in ship traffic. Over the next couple of weeks that figure is expected to drop to 35% and year over year the figure gets closer to 44%.
The reason most people have not really felt the volilitaiy of recent events is due to a few reasons.
One of main reasons for this is shipping delays. The average time it takes for for a freight boat to travel from China to the United States takes anywhere from a month to a month and a half based on location.
Another reason why things don't looks out of the ordinary yet is because investors began to panic buy in bulk earlier this year due to the expectations of tariffs. The panic buying lead to a surplus of products that we're at the tail end of and on top of that exports from China to America have fallen drastically.