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Retailers launch TV campaign to battle proposed tax on imported goods

by Adam Allington
Mar 2, 2017
Best Buy released earnings this week, at a time when retailers are concerned about the imposition of a border adjustment tax. The National Retail Federation has launched a media campaign hoping to win consumers over by pointing out how costs of everyday purchases will go up. The TV ad is airing on “Fox and Friends” […]
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Georgia sees good relationship with China as one key to its economic future

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 21, 2017
International companies have been helping to create domestic jobs.
Scott Malone (left), president of Development Authority of LaGrange, and Rami Helminen, CEO of Sentury Tire North America, at the site of the future tire plant. The company is expected to create about a 1,000 jobs in Georgia. 
Elly Yu
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Midwest farmers are wary of talk about tariffs

by Marketplace Contributor
Jan 6, 2017
The U.S. sells about half its annual soybean crop overseas, total value about $20 billion.
A worker at a Minnesota grain elevator helps load soybeans onto a train bound for the west coast export market.
Mark Steil
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Would tariffs on imports expand the economy, or shrink it?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 22, 2016
Latest GDP numbers show economy is performing better than thought
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Some Minnesota iron mine workers prepare for uncertain future

by Marketplace Contributor
Dec 8, 2016
After being laid off for 18 months, some mine workers start training for other jobs.
David Meyer is one of several laid off mineworkers from Keewatin Taconite enrolled in the Industrial Systems Technology program at Hibbing Community College. 
Dan Kraker
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The ties that bind: the U.S. and Chinese economies

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 6, 2016
Tensions are rising, but their futures may be inextricably linked.
Two women running business of banners pose with a support banner for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Yiwu International Trade Centre on November 10, 2016 in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province of China.   
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Trump reignites a long-standing debate on trade

by Tracey Samuelson
May 27, 2016
There are lots of reasons to care if there's a trade war.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at the Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts on May 2, 2016 in Carmel, Indiana.
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China gets punished after charges it underpriced steel

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 2, 2016
Citing dumping, the U.S. imposes tough tariffs. Does Washington do that enough?
Steel pipes are seen at a port to be loaded onto ships for export to various countries in Lianyungang, eastern China's Jiangsu province on December 1, 2015. 
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The reality behind Trump's call for higher tariffs

by Tracey Samuelson
Jan 15, 2016
Donald Trump is calling for tariffs against China — but how effective are they?
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U.S. deals make it a big week in global trade

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 13, 2014
The U.S. cleared hurdles to send two major trade agreements forward.
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