Looking at Apple in China, we can see the collateral damage that a seemingly targeted tariff can create for multinationals.…
Six Facts: Understanding More About Brexit
The political and economic sides of Brexit’s problems involve the impact of a potential no vote in Parliament and controversial draft agreement issues.…
Six Facts That We Need to Know About Globalization
Globalization is a gargantuan topic. Reflecting the world’s economic interdependence, it is about goods, services, and supply chains. It takes us to multinational corporations, to trade agreemen…
Where Retaliatory Tariffs Create Unintended Consequences
It will be rather complicated when retaliatory agricultural tariffs, aluminum protection, and crop payment supports all hit New Madrid County, Missouri.…
Comparing Eggs to Bananas
By dividing the CPI into goods and services that can and cannot be traded, we can see the impact of trade on price changes.…
A Brexit To Do List
Ranging from from border infrastructure to a divorce bill, a Brexit To Do List can be given a Readiness Score that shows their negotiating progress.…
How the EU and the U.S. Fought a Banana Trade War
With tariffs and quotas the weapons, the 1990s banana trade war between the European Union and the U.S. was a classic except for one key difference.…
What a Strawberry and a Chicken Say About Free Trade
More than governments negotiating agreements, free trade is about the variety of strawberries, chickens, pickup trucks and pencils that we can buy.…
Searching For an Accurate Statistic
Whether looking at the height of Mount Everest or at the rules of origin that will be renegotiated during the NAFTA talks, we have a statistical accuracy problem.…
The Newest Battle in the Washing Machine Trade War
The U.S. tariffs that target South Korean washing machine imports have created new incentives on the supply and demand sides of the market.…