March 3, 2025
When President Trump tried to eliminate a tariff exception, he had to reverse his order because of an unintended consequence.
February 13, 2025
Easy to see as one number, a tariff's impact on a country's trade partners, jobs, and prices can be invisible.
February 2, 2025
With tariffs on U.S. Canada trade imminent, we expect 25% from the Trump administration but cannot be sure of the retaliatory exchange.
January 26, 2025
Global banana consumption could change if a fungus continues to devastate the plantations that grow the Cavendish.
January 21, 2025
December 19, 2024
Appealingly simple to politicians, a Made In America mandate is unpopular among economists that see its downside.
October 3, 2024
To understand the Gulf and East Coast port strike impact, we can look at the links of the banana supply chain.
September 20, 2024
With East Coast dockworkers threatening a port strike, their concerns take us to the job and cost dilemmas of automation.
September 9, 2024
Looking at the pros and cons of tariffs, economists tend to oppose them while politicians tilt toward the positive side.
April 25, 2024
Participating in a coffee supply chain, the Port of Baltimore upset more than a single link when it closed.
March 28, 2024
While the length of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was just 1.6 miles, the cost of its collapse extended around the globe.
December 18, 2023
In 1976, with The Judgement of Paris, the entire world elevated its opinion of California's white and red wines.