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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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December 5, 2024
Weekly Economic News Roundup and EU expansion
December 5, 2024
How EU Expansion Can Fuel Economic Growth

Looking back to 2004 and looking ahead, the topic of EU expansion takes us to comparative advantage and growth.

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July 10, 2023
shrimp production
July 10, 2023
When a Shrimp Is About Something Bigger

While we are eating far more shrimp, Louisiana is producing far less because of the shrimp imports that cost much less.

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June 1, 2023
beef prices
June 1, 2023
Why Saudi Arabia Grows Alfalfa in Arizona

A partnership that affects the Arizona water supply, Saudi Arabia and Arizona shareshared desert farming ytechniques.

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October 4, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and North Korean monuments
October 4, 2022
Why North Korea Should Produce Giant Statues

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March 27, 2022
globalization
March 27, 2022
The Future of Globalization

Shown by neon, shortages of necessities have created an attack on globalization that could result in less manufacturing efficiency.

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February 17, 2021
U.S. China trade relationship
February 17, 2021
A China Trade Deal Update

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December 21, 2020
Sant's delivery schedule
December 21, 2020
Santa’s Unfair Trade Practices

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August 10, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and "Made in America"
August 10, 2020
The Downside of Made in America

Seemingly clear, "Made in America" becomes much more complex when we define it and look at its impact on taxpayers, consumers, and workers.

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August 3, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and value of a vaccine
August 3, 2020
Why We Should Avoid Vaccine Nationalism

As the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine accelerates, nations would be wise to avoid vaccine nationalism and instead try to cooperate..

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January 23, 2020
weekly economic news roundup and economic complexity
January 23, 2020
A Simple Look at the World’s Most Complex Economies

To its detriment, the U.S. might have insufficiently recognized the impact of China's economic complexity in the U.S. China trade deal.

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January 17, 2020
Weekly Economic News Roundup and global risk 2020
January 17, 2020
Everything We Need to Know About Global Economic Risk

Concerned with a shift away from traditional multilateral institutions and free trade, the World Economic Forum identifies our global economic risk.

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