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August 19, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and American-made cars
August 19, 2026
How An “American-Made” Car Can Surprise Us

Because auto manufacturing is a global business, American-made cars can come from companies based in the Netherlands, Japan, or South Korea.

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July 3, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and North American free trade
July 3, 2026
Why North American Trade Needs To Be Free

We can look at a car seat, a piston, and a capacitor to see why we need to preserve North American free trade.

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August 19, 2025
coffee prices
August 19, 2025
How Coffee Tariffs Affect the Coffee Belt

When we look at the long list of countries that grow, process, roast, and brew coffee beans, we see the complicated impact of tariffs.

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August 12, 2025
Arizona Iced Tea aluminum can
August 12, 2025
Why a Tariff Could Change AriZona Iced Tea

Making production of AriZona Iced Tea cans too costly, the 50% tariff on Canadian aluminum exports could end their 99 cents tradition.

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August 8, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and American-made cars
August 8, 2025
Why Honda Is an American Car

It is always surprising to see the long list of seemingly foreign cars that are near the top of Cars.com's American-Made Index.

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June 25, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and banana facts
June 25, 2025
All We Could Possibly Want To Know About Bananas

Through six banana facts, we can learn all we might want to know about the most popular fresh fruit in the U.S.

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June 23, 2025
sourcing risks
June 23, 2025
Where To Move Your Supply Chain

With tariffs changing global trade, firms can respond by considering the sourcing risks from new supply chains.

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April 23, 2025
U.S. China trade relationship
April 23, 2025
What Do We Trade With China?

Seeing the goods and services, and imports and exports, that compose the U.S. China trade, we can better understand the targets of a trade war.

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April 9, 2025
economic news roundup and Apple's supply chain
April 9, 2025
How Flexible Is Apple’s Supply Chain?

To move Apple's massive supply chain to the United States, it would have to re-coordinate more than 600 component producers.

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April 4, 2025
Weekly Rounduptariff impact
April 4, 2025
Why We Need To See Trade’s Invisible Benefits

Looking at tariff history, we can see why the benefits of trade and the downside of protection can both be invisible.

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February 24, 2025
iPhone teardown
February 24, 2025
An (Updated) Inside Look at the iPhone

Looking at an iPhone teardown, we can see how the collaboration and creativity of thousands of people combine productively.

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January 6, 2025
the 12.98 American Made T-shirt
January 6, 2025
How We Got a $12.98 American Made T-shirt

With $30, the average price for a t-shirt made in China, everyone (mistakenly) thought that a cheaper American made t-shirt was impossible.

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