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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2018
From steel imports to Subarus,
tariff war hits the Northwest
Impact felt in
Vancouver
By MOLLY SOLOMON
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Jes Burns/Oregon Public Broadcasting
Bales of recycling get wet outside Rogue Waste Sys-
tems in White City.
VANCOUVER,
Wash.
— For many at the Port of
Vancouver, the impacts of
President Donald Trump’s
escalating trade war are
already here.
That’s the message U.S.
Sen. Patty Murray heard from
longshoremen and port offi-
cials during a visit this week
to southwest Washington.
“States like ours are the
most trade-dependent states
in the nation. We have peo-
ple whose job depends on this.
From the longshoremen to the
apple growers: the impact is
broad,” said Murray, a Dem-
ocrat who spoke with farmers
in eastern Washington about
the proposed tariffs earlier in
the week. “The impact on our
economy could be very quick
and it could be very tough.”
The U.S. Chamber of
Commerce estimates nearly
a million jobs in Washington
state are supported by trade
and could be at risk.
Port workers said they’re
already seeing less steel on the
docks and have seen orders
canceled because of new tar-
iffs. The Port of Vancouver
China retaliates by
tariff on recyclables
States and China continues
to escalate without any indi-
cation that the two govern-
ments will be negotiating an
agreement on trade,” the trade
group relayed in a press state-
ment. “There is no doubt that
these tariffs will impair the
already diminishing scrap
exports from the United States
to China.”
Such tariffs will not be
levied on other countries that
export scrap recyclables to
China, the trade group noted,
but it’s unclear if those nations
can fulfill all of the demand in
China.
The domestic recycling
industry is already reeling
from new Chinese purity stan-
dards for accepting recycled
paper and plastic. As a result,
bales of recycled paper and
plastic are now sitting idle in
Oregon warehouses or being
buried in landfills.
Another hit to
Oregon sector
By STEVE LAW
Portland Tribune
In another blow to Ore-
gon’s beleaguered recycling
sector, China announced new
tariffs on imported scrap mate-
rials Wednesday in retaliation
for tariffs on China unilat-
erally imposed by President
Donald Trump.
The tariffs apply to scrap
plastics, paper, aluminum, fer-
rous metals, copper, nickel,
zinc, tin and other base metals.
The tariffs are slated to go
into effect Aug. 23, according
to the Institute of Scrap Recy-
cling Industries, Inc., a Wash-
ington D.C.-based national
trade group.
“ISRI regrets that the trade
dispute between the United
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
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Partly sunny and pleasant
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Aug 18
Newport
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Coos Bay
60/69
Prineville
52/84
Lebanon
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Ontario
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Burns
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Brookings
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John Day
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Columbia River.
Some
longshoremen
say they’re cutting back on
expenses or are eating out less
to save money in case work at
the docks slows down.
“One of the biggest con-
cerns is how it’s going to
affect my family, our hous-
ing, our benefits,” said long-
shoreman Amber Nelson. “If
we lose our standard of living,
my family will suffer in ways
we have not had to deal with
before.”
The Daily Astorian
The research vessel Falkor
will offer free tours Aug. 19 at
the Port of Astoria’s Pier 1.
The Falkor is operated
by Schmidt Ocean Institute,
founded by former Google
chairman Eric Schmidt and his
wife, Wendy.
The ship is on an expedi-
tion at Hydrate Ridge, a 700-
foot rise created by sediment
scraped off the Pacific Plate
as it subjects under the North
American Plate. Research-
ers are studying the control of
underwater robots using artifi-
cial intelligence.
The Falkor will leave Asto-
ria Aug. 24 to look at methane
gas seeps near Hydrate Ridge.
Schmidt Ocean Institute
The research vessel Falkor is offering free tours Aug. 19.
Tours of up to 30 peo-
ple will start at 2 and 3 p.m.
Aug. 19 and require a reser-
vation. Contact Carlie Wiener,
a spokeswoman for Schmidt
Ocean Institute, at cwiener@
schmidtocean.org or 808-628-
8666 to make reservations.
Associated Press
LONGVIEW, Wash. —
Authorities are investigating
after a 16-year-old girl was
injured when she was pushed
off a bridge and fell 60 feet
into water in Washington
state.
Jordan Holgerson suf-
fered broken ribs and other
injuries Tuesday at Moulton
Falls northeast of Vancou-
ver. Video that was posted on
YouTube and later removed
shows Holgerson standing
on the bridge with friends in
a swimsuit. Then a woman
forcefully pushes her off the
span.
The teen’s mother, Genelle
Holgerson, told The Daily
News that her daughter was
recovering at an area hospital
and “we’re lucky she is going
to recover and not have per-
manent injuries.”
Jordan Holgerson told
KGW the person who pushed
her off the bridge was a friend
who later apologized.
The Clark County Sheriff’s
Department is investigating.
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Bridge work could slow traffic on Irving Avenue
The Daily Astorian
Construction work beneath
the Irving Avenue Bridge at
19th Street is scheduled to
begin as early as Monday, and
is expected to be completed
within three weeks. During this
time, there will also be minor
repairs to sidewalks in the area.
The work may require
short-term lane closures, but
traffic disruption should be
minimal. For questions, call
503-338-5173.
DEATH
Aug. 9, 2018
EWING, Larry, 46, of Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory
of Astoria/Seaside is in charge of the arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
WXNRGGR
China. But a new round of
proposed tariffs from China
included a 25 percent tariff on
copper imports. The ship set to
pick up the copper canceled its
order and turned back around.
“These mountains of cop-
per ore are going nowhere
now,” Clabaugh said.
When orders get canceled,
it’s not only a loss of revenue
for the port, it’s also a loss of
a job for the people that load
and unload the trains, trucks
and ships that travel along the
Public offered free tours of research vessel
REGIONAL CITIES
Tonight's Sky: At the head of Cygnus we fi nd the
double star Albireo, approximately 380 light years
away.
Time
8:19 a.m.
8:19 p.m.
is the second largest importer
of steel on the West Coast and
it makes up a good chunk of
their business.
“Usually this yard is filled
with steel, and I’m not seeing
that,” said Cager Clabaugh,
president of the ILWU Local 4
in Vancouver.
Earlier in the morning, Cla-
baugh said he got a call about
a problem at the port’s cop-
per facility. Six-thousand tons
of copper ore were set to be
loaded onto a ship bound for
Teen injured after being pushed off bridge
Lakeview
46/88
Ashland
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UNDER THE SKY
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La Grande
61/86
Salem
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Last
Aug 26
Pendleton
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The Dalles
69/84
Portland
63/77
Eugene
57/80
Sunset tonight ........................... 8:33 p.m.
Sunrise Saturday ........................ 6:10 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 5:04 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 8:20 p.m.
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Memphis
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pleasant
Tillamook
61/69
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High
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8.0 ft.
Partly to mostly sunny
and nice
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ASTORIA
59/68
Precipitation
Thursday .......................................... 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.18"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.23"
Year to date .................................... 35.92"
Normal year to date ........................ 37.17"
Time
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2:37 p.m.
TUESDAY
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Thursday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 70°/55°
Normal high/low ........................... 69°/54°
Record high ............................ 86° in 2001
Record low ............................. 44° in 1975
Aug 11
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Variably cloudy with
spotty showers
Cloudy with a shower late
New
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Molly Solomon/Oregon Public Broadcasting
ILWU Local 4 President Cager Clabaugh says the tariffs are already hurting work at the port.
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Cannon Beach Rural Fire Department Board, 6 p.m., Fire-Rescue Main Station, 188 Sunset Ave.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
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