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.
March 7, 2018
In a top ten list of roller coaster economics, we can include everything from the cost of a kidney stone to world trade and queueing.
March 5, 2018
As Canadian fisheries enjoy more business because a trade deal lowered the price of lobster exports, Maine's fisherman are suffering from lower sales.
February 27, 2018
More than governments negotiating agreements, free trade is about the variety of strawberries, chickens, pickup trucks and pencils that we can buy.
February 19, 2018
The future of North American lobster exports to the European Union was threatened when 32 "surly" reddish green lobsters were found in Scandinavian waters.
February 6, 2018
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.
December 5, 2017
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October 13, 2017
Enabling the newest massive container ships to travel to the East Coast, the Panama Canal expansion changed the world's transportation infrastructure.
September 17, 2017
Used in ice cream, India's guar gum is also so necessary for fracking that the rise of oil prices created a guar bean bubble.