NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of US dockworkers plan to strike next week if there is no breakthrough on contract talks, just a month before November's closely contested presidential election.

A walkout affecting 14 large ports on the East and Gulf Coast could start at midnight on Tuesday, October 1 (Wednesday, October 2, in Manila), posing a potentially significant headwind to the US economy.

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