A visit to a doggie doo-dah plastic bags maker in China illustrates the shift from Chinese manufacturing to Vietnam and Indonesia.…
Six Small Facts About Globalization That Are Really Big
When we looked at Six Facts About Globalization, there was lots we did not say. So let’s add six more facts. Six (Small) Facts (That Have a Big Meaning) 1. The reefer plays a huge role in our g…
Why Trade Is Good
Knowing that the benefits of free trade can be invisible, we can use a list of six brief reasons to actually see why trade is good.…
A Closer Look at Apple in China
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.…