U.S. ports report plummeting shipments from China, and observers see empty shelves and a possible recession this summer as President Donald Trump's sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs take hold. Even if the U.S. agrees to trade specific country deals immediately, the trade war touched off by the Trump tariffs will now hit U.S. supply chains hard, many economists and industry insiders say — and could rival the toll of the Covid pandemic.

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