Success linked to China, says port CEO
China is a crucial part of the business of major ports in Washington state, a transportation executive told a House of Representatives panel at a hearing on the impact of tariffs.
"Our success as an airport and seaport gateway is inextricably linked to China. Last year, more than $27 billion in imports from China came through Seattle and Tacoma cargo terminals, with an additional $1.1 billion in imports from China via Sea-Tac," John Wolfe, chief executive officer of the Northwest Seaport Alliance, told the House Ways and Means Committee in Washington last Thursday.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance is a marine cargo operating partnership of the ports of Tacoma and Seattle and the fourth-largest container port complex in the United States.
