The long-feared International Longshoremen’s Association strike is now underway at East and Gulf coast ports, setting up a 3- to 5-day backlog to recover from each day of a strike and adding another trade disruption to existing issues in the Red Sea and Panama Canal. The National Retail Federation issued a statement this morning urging President Biden “to use any and all available authority and tools—including use of the Taft-Hartley Act—to immediately restore operations” and get both the ILA and United States Maritime Association back to the negotiating table. The statement ... Log in to view full article.