June 26, 2018
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.
June 10, 2018
From needing a new name to making California growers happy, boosting avocado consumption has been about overcoming obstacles.
May 28, 2018
May 24, 2018
While the headlines emphasize the decline in manufacturing jobs in the U.S., looking at the world reveals a different story.
April 27, 2018
To how the Europeans feel about a Brexit impact, we can add how the U.K. will affect the EU's GDP, population, budget, imports and exports when it leaves.
April 23, 2018
April 15, 2018
Whether looking at chicken paws or hog hooves, U.S. and China food tastes have worked well together until U.S. and Chinese tariffs have upset the benefits of the relationships.
April 5, 2018
While facts about China's wine imports from the U.S. are somewhat surprising, still the impact of a tariff war is predictable.
March 20, 2018
March 16, 2018
Customized container ship refrigeration has made it possible for our fruit imports to include many more bananas, limes, mangoes, and berries.
March 12, 2018
We can look at pizza take-out to see why a trade deficit involves much more than spending more on the imports you buy than the exports you sell.
March 9, 2018
About more than the U.K., Brexit also creates EU budget problems because of the 10 to 12 billion euros that the British will no longer give annually.