Container handling at California’s big three ports climbed 6% on a year earlier in August. Imports climbed 7% while exports dropped 11%. That reflects a similar pattern to Virginia’s ports, and suggests room for a further increase in the U.S. trade deficit. Export handling at Long Beach slumped 26%. Potentially that’s the result early export shipments a year earlier ahead of the failure of Hanjin Shipping, though a 7% drop at Oakland suggests there is a more systematic problem for Californian agriculture and manufacturing. The good news: container handling in Long Beach and LA combined e...