A strike could have huge repercussions on US supply chains, causing major problems for companies that are already struggling.
If there is a strike, it would mean the largest shutdown of its kind since 1992. Assessors believe that the economy in the United States would be very negatively affected. A strike is estimated to cost the country over 2 billion dollars per day (roughly 21 billion kroner).
Already now, the railway company Amtrak has canceled many trains, and taken measures to limit the damage.
According to the White House, President Joe Biden is following the negotiations closely.