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Thousands of SoCal workers could lose out in a trade slowdown
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May 31, 2016
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Thousands of SoCal workers could lose out in a trade slowdown
If trade slows down, truckers in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach would have less work or may even be out of a job.
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If trade slows down, truckers in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach would have less work or may even be out of a job.

Experts say none of the presidential candidates' trade plans would bring scores of manufacturing jobs back to Southern California.

But they agree: thousands of Californians would be out of work if trade slows down.

Many of those are the ones unloading cargo ships arriving from overseas and sending goods towards the shelves at your nearby Wal-Mart and Target.

Weston LaBar, executive director of the Harbor Trucking Association, joins Take Two to share how truckers in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could be out of work.