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September 4, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Nutella Supply
September 4, 2018
How To Preserve Our Nutella Supply

Hoping to expand the Nutella supply chain with new producers of hazelnuts in Canada and even New Jersey, Ferrero is supporting hybrid seed research.

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July 17, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and egg price fixing
July 17, 2018
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.

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July 5, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and and Brexit progress
July 5, 2018
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.

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June 26, 2018
banana consumption
June 26, 2018
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.

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June 10, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and avocado consunption
June 10, 2018
Everything You Need To Know About the Avocado

From needing a new name to making California growers happy, boosting avocado consumption has been about overcoming obstacles.

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May 24, 2018
Rana Plaza collapse
May 24, 2018
A Different View of Manufacturing Jobs

While the headlines emphasize the decline in manufacturing jobs in the U.S., looking at the world reveals a different story.

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April 23, 2018
Our weekly news roundup and steel tariff
April 23, 2018
All You Need to Know About Jobs and Steel Tariffs

Although the new steel tariff will target just 140,000 workers in the steel industry, its impact will create an economic ripple that will affect millions across the U.S.

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April 15, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and animal welfare
April 15, 2018
The Food Fights Between the U.S. and China

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.

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March 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and pizza box recycling
March 12, 2018
Using Pizza to Understand the Trade Deficit

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.

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February 12, 2018
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Columbia's Valentine's roses
February 12, 2018
Why Valentine’s Roses Bloom in Colombia

Most of our Valentine's roses come from Colombia because of the U.S. government, the perfect combination of land, labor and capital, and Walmart.

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October 20, 2017
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and tomato tradeoffs
October 20, 2017
Why Tomatoes are Controversial

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October 13, 2017
Trump China tariffs
October 13, 2017
Why the Panama Canal is Bigger and Better

Enabling the newest massive container ships to travel to the East Coast, the Panama Canal expansion changed the world's transportation infrastructure.

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