This will benefit the average American. The one's it doesn’t benefit are the kings of the stock market.
So why is this bad?
Empty stacked containers mean no one's shipping, no one shipping means there is a drastic reduction for the goods that once shipped in those containers. No buy, no ship, no trade, stagnation.
GG2, long ago an economist tracked domestic production by cardboard box and paper bag production as an indicator.
But is this turndown a short or long term effect ?
in days not to long ago, I called on a company that manufactured the light sensitive plastic sheets used to print the corrugated cartons.
they exported them to many nations
Their shipments were a direct indicator of foreign export sales and thus my business.