Tariffs Risk More ‘Sticker Shock’ for US Consumers: Supply Lines

A routine press conference to tout another solid month of cargo volumes at the Port of Los Angeles turned into an opportunity for the head of the California Retailers Association to warn about overregulation and the threat of higher import taxes on household budgets.

“Consumers are really going to get sticker shock in the next few months — if these tariffs really become a reality, coupled with the insurance crisis in California, coupled with the gas prices — eggs are still 12 bucks a dozen in some places, if you can find them — coupled with some of the rising costs on ...