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according to the associated press, on october 3, local time, the international longshoremen’s federation of the united states agreed to suspend the strike until january 15 next year to provide more time to negotiate a new labor contract. affected by the dock workers' strike that lasted for three days, "panic buying of toilet paper" has reappeared in some parts of the united states.

videos on social media show that toilet paper and paper towel shelves in many supermarkets across the united states are almost empty. this phenomenon has also attracted the attention of the u.s. media. cnn reported that in fact, more than 90% of toilet paper in the u.s. market is produced by local factories, and most of the imported toilet paper is imported overland from canada and mexico. therefore, the longshoremen's strike won't actually cause a shortage of toilet paper in the united states. however, because the strike awakened the american people's bad memories of previous supply chain problems that caused toilet paper shortages or purchase restrictions, people still started panic buying of toilet paper.

tens of thousands of dockworkers at important ports on the east coast and gulf coast of the united states have been on strike since october 1 because the international longshoremen's union was unable to reach a new agreement with employers at the end of september. this is the first major strike by longshoremen at east coast and gulf of mexico ports since 1977. (cctv news)