# POLITICO Pro | Article | Congress keeps watch on West Coast port negotiations

> Congress is monitoring stalled contract talks between about 20,000 West Coast longshore workers and Pacific ports and shipping companies. Neither side has threatened a strike or lockout yet.

- Date: 2022-12-30 · published 2022-12-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38257-politico-pro-article-congress-keeps-watch-on-west-coast-port-negotiations
- Commodities: [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A future West Coast port dispute could disrupt container and grain export flows and add to ocean freight costs, though no action has occurred yet.

## Read by commodity

- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- subscriber.politicopro.com: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/12/congress-keeps-watch-on-west-coast-port-negotiations-00075141

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