纠纷为美国肉类出口企业造成严重问题

       US - For several weeks there has been a slowdown in activity at west coast seaports because of a dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoreman and Warehouse Union. This is causing serious problems for US meat exporters and has the potential to become a crisis, write Ron Plain and Scott Brown, University of Missouri.

       Containers of meat destined for export are piling up and growing old at west coast docks. Roughly 22 per cent of US pork production, 10 per cent of beef and 20 per cent of chicken are exported each month, with most going out from the west coast. The potential loss in export value is huge and is a big threat to farm prices.

　　美国——几星期以来，西海岸港口之间的活动放缓，因为太平洋海洋协会和国际码头与仓储工会联盟之间的纠纷。这给美国肉类出口企业造成了严重问题，有可能成为一次危机，密苏里大学罗恩·普兰(Ron Plain)和司各特·布朗(Scott Brown)写道。    

　　待出口的肉类集装箱堆积如山，在西海岸码头日渐陈旧。每月美国生产的大约22%猪肉，10%的牛肉和20%的鸡肉用于出口，大部分会从美国西海岸出发。出口价值的可能损失是巨大的，对农产品价格是一个很大的威胁。