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August 18, 2026
yen's exchange rates
August 18, 2026
What We Can Learn From a Pork Cutlet

Looking at the Katsu Curry Index, currency traders can get an alternative estimate of the yen's exchange rate.

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July 21, 2026
container ship fuel costs
July 21, 2026
How Fuel Affects the Shipping Cost of Our Imports

While container vessels vastly lowered shipping costs, age, size, and voyage length can elevate those costs.

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June 5, 2026
Our Weekly Economic News Roundup and the Mobro garbage
June 5, 2026
Where Is the Worst Waste Generation?

More than a refusal from one South Pacific archipelago, Fiji's solid waste import decision provides insight about our garbage.

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June 4, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and musical instrument tariffs
June 4, 2026
How Will Musical Instrument Tariffs Affect Our Orchestras?

Looking closely, we see that tariffs not only elevate the prices of musical instruments but they create a slew of unintended consequences.

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April 24, 2026
small inventions
April 24, 2026
Why a Tariff Costs More Than Money

Because the cost of a tariff is much more than money, tariff refunds cover a small part of what U.S. small manufacturers sacrificed.

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April 14, 2026
container ship fuel costs
April 14, 2026
How We Remain Globalized

Although U.S. has tried to diminish its globalization, a slew of metrics indicate the continued role of international trade.

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January 14, 2026
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
January 14, 2026
The Real Tariff Story

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July 29, 2025
European exports
July 29, 2025
6 Facts: What It’s Nice To Know About Tariffs

Although President Trump's trade policies can shift daily, there are certain tariff impacts that will not change.

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April 10, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and World Trade Organization and normal trade wars
April 10, 2025
How Do We Fight Normal Trade Wars?

Looking back at Brazil and cotton, and the EU and bananas, we can see how the WTO helps us fight normal trade wars.

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April 6, 2025
China's child policy and milk consumption
April 6, 2025
How China’s Child Policy Could Have Helped the U.S.

With new trade incentives, China's increased demand for dairy product subsidies from its new child policy won't support U.S. firms.

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March 26, 2025
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
March 26, 2025
The Mystery of the Missing Imports

Comparing trade totals recorded by the United States and China's numbers, we wind up with a balance of trade mystery.

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March 4, 2025
car spending
March 4, 2025
How Trump Tariffs Could Tangle the Travels of Car Parts

When we hear about 25% Trump tariffs on Mexico and Canada, we can think of the travels of car seats, transmissions, and capacitors.

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