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Erika Soderstrom

Associate Producer

Erika works with a group of extraordinary producers to chase business and economic stories heard on “Marketplace Morning Report.”

Latest from Erika Soderstrom

  • Visitors try out the Honor 7 smartphone at the Huawei stand during a trade fair in 2015 in Berlin.
    Sean Gallup/Getty Images

    New fiscal year, new minimum wage. The federal consumer watchdog takes a fresh look a bank overdraft fees. How did Huawei become such a huge player in the telecom world?

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  • Budweiser display in Los Angeles, California.  (Photo by Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

    China vows again to open up its markets. AB InBev looks to eclipse tech darlings Uber and Lyft as world’s biggest 2019 listing. How the Women’s World Cup has transformed the sport.

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  • After being stranded in Atlanta during a layover, Penn Ryan of Madison, WI waits to find his luggage near rows of unclaimed baggage at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on December 18, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

    Investors like this China-U.S. trade truce. California gun owners have been stocking up on ammo. Want to avoid paying luggage fees at the airport? Yeah, so do a lot of enterprising travelers.

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  • In this photo illustration, Monopoly board game pieces are displayed on February 6, 2013 in Fairfax, California.
    Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

    China-U.S. trade talks are back on after the G20, so where does that leave Huawei? Monopoly gets revamped, and that includes no fake cash and a robot banker.

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  • Flags seen on the streets of Zug in June 21 2017 in Zug, Switzerland
    James D. Morgan/Getty

    From the BBC World Service… Swiss stocks are barred from trading on E.U. exchanges amid a stalemate in trade negotiations. OPEC eyes another round of production cuts. Plus, Nokia responds after an executive comments on Huawei security.

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  • French police officers detain a man suspected of pickpocketing in Paris during a 2015 crackdown on pickpockets and street scammers targeting mostly tourists.
    MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images

    One things world leaders at odds at G20 can agree on: global trade is bad. Retirees are losing out big by claiming social security too soon. How are markets reacting to trade negotiations in Osaka? Paris police are cracking down on pickpockets.

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  • An inspector approved by the regional federation of truffle harvesters smells a black truffles (tuber melanosporum), on December 23, 2018, during an inspection at a truffle market in Rognes, southeastern France.
    GERARD JULIEN/AFP/Getty Images

    Trump and Xi rendezvous at the G-20 summit. Californians are paying the highest gas taxes in the country. What’s the true cost of those expensive truffles in your fancy pasta?

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  • U.S. President Donald Trump walks off with other world leaders after family photo session at the G20 summit on June 28, 2019 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon - Pool/Getty Images)

    All eyes are on President Trump and his Chinese counterpart at the G20 in Japan. The former head of the WTO sounds off. Fifty years after the Stonewall riots, we look at efforts to support LGBTQ communities through their golden years.

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  • WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30:   Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell pauses during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting January 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. The Fed has decided to leave interest rates unchanged. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

    Can U.S. foreign aid really curb immigration? Members of the Fed throw shade at a very critical president. Trump’s auto tariff threats make German manufacturers nervous.

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  • Democratic presidential hopeful former US Representative for Texas' 16th congressional district Beto O'Rourke prepares for an interview in the Spin Room after participating in the first Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 26, 2019.
    JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

    The FAA spots another issue in Boeing’s grounded 737-MAX planes. A Spanish-language network co-hosts a presidential debate for the first time. What’s ahead for Trump and Xi at the G20?

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