. >> melissa foster -- foverter is looking for other ways to get her product from overseas. it may cost more. >> both sides met with a mediator. some of the key points wages, pensions automation at the dock - and a big one for the workers is how future workplace disputes will be addressed. the talks are scheduled to resume storm. >> for more we are joined by the economist jock o'connell an expert in international trade. 29 ports. they handle a large part of american international trade. who will feel the impact of the lock-out first? >> people like lisa foster. small business owners who can't afford the major work around. truck drivers will be affected by this because they are usually paid by the load. there are not goods moving through the ports. there's nothing to move. they don't get paid. in southern california there's literally an army of workers. railroad yards, trucking companies, whose livelihood depends on the movement of trade through l.a. and longbeach. >> what about american consumers. can we see a product becoming unavailable and prices going up? >> we could. as