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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mae Anderson and Anne d'Innocenzio

The US could see shortages and higher retail prices if a dockworkers strike drags on

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U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down this week when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977.

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