Wait - so we don’t import any diesel engines? A port closing works both ways. No diesel engines in to the USA equals higher demand for domestically made engines.
Almost all the diesel engines we import are in finished vehicles. Most of those come from Mexico or Europe so they come in on East Coast or Gulf ports and are therefore unaffected. No increase in domestic market opportunities for diesel engines is going to be happening because of these union blockheads.
Oh, by the way, want to know what our top export to Japan is? It’s not food. It’s not ‘menially produced third world goods.’
Read the list for yourself. Notice all the US industry that is getting screwed over by these dockworkers:
1. Medical, technical equipment: $8 billion
2. Aircraft, spacecraft: $7.1 billion
3. Machines, engines, pumps: $5.8 billion
4. Electronic equipment: $4.9 billion
5. Meat: $3.3 billion
6. Pharmaceuticals: $3.3 billion
7. Cereals: $3.1 billion
8. Oil: $2.6 billion
9. Organic chemicals: $2.2 billion
10. Plastics: $1.9 billion