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October 6, 2017
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and washing machine tariffs
October 6, 2017
The Washing Machine Trade War

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July 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the best country
July 10, 2017
What Most of Us Don’t Know About the G20

Predictable and surprising, G20 facts about the group's countries and last week's meetings show how we remain interconnected.

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June 1, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and beer consumption
June 1, 2017
Throwback Thursday: Sending Tanks (and Thanks) to a Canal

As our first Throwback Thursday, we look at the present and the past with the 2,000 barrel beer tanks that traveled on the Erie Canal.

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May 29, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and American made Toyota Camry
May 29, 2017
Why Toyota is an American Car

A source of jobs and economic growth, the leading manufacturer of American made cars is not a U.S. firm because of globalization.

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April 26, 2017
weekly economic news roundup and beginning of the t-shirt supply chain
April 26, 2017
A Tale of Two T-Shirts

Covering 500 or so miles, a made-in-America t-shirt supply chain can be very different from a globally sourced t-shirt that travels more than 15,000 miles.

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March 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Brexit negotiations
March 31, 2017
What We Can Learn From the First Brexit

Like a contentious divorce, Brexit negotiations take us back to an EU exit precedent and forward to untangling countless agreements and regulations.

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January 29, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and avocado consunption
January 29, 2017
Why the Price of Guacamole Could Rise

Because our avocados, onions, tomatoes and peppers could have come from Mexico, NAFTA changes will mean guacamole changes.

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January 26, 2017
chicken export nationalism
January 26, 2017
How a Chicken Helped a Pickup Truck

When German farmers got a chicken tax to protect them from U.S. poultry imports in the 1960s, the results were unexpected.

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February 27, 2014
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
February 27, 2014
B(T)FF… Best Trading Friends Forever

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January 5, 2014
Economic Geography British Coastline Mandelbrot
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One Reason That Geography Matters

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October 16, 2011
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October 16, 2011
More Sole Rights

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October 14, 2011
The Panama Canal Project Facilitates World Trade.
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The Fabric of Free Trade

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