The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are facing one of the worst backlogs they’ve ever seen, as dozens of cargo ships wait at anchor in San Pedro Bay. Together, they handle as much as 40 percent of the nation’s imports. A combination of trade wars, tariffs, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a shift in spending habits of Americans have all played a part in creating the logjam, says Phillip Sanfield, a spokesperson for the Port of Los Angeles. “This has been brewing for months,” Sanfield told The Epoch Times. He said the port has been slammed with waves of container ships carrying freight from Asia since mid-summer. The surge began in July and has not let up, and the volume of cargo in the last six months is double the amount received in the first half of 2020. That’s because Asia had slowed its production early in the …