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That shirt you’re wearing? It’s a global product

By Marielle Segarra

January 31, 2017

What will Trump's trade plans mean for the clothing industry?

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Companies help foot the bill to keep goods moving across the border

By Monica Ortiz Uribe

November 28, 2016

A U.S. customs officer waves a cargo truck through the port of entry in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. Dell is financing extended hours at this border crossing through an agreement with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. — Monica Ortiz Uribe/KJZZ

This year computer maker Dell will pay at least $200,000 to staff a southbound cargo lane four extra hours a day.

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Retailers are wary of a GOP plan that could increase taxes on imported goods

By Mitchell Hartman

November 28, 2016

Wal-Mart employee Clara Martinez stocks the shelves at a store in 2015 in Miami. Big retailers that sell a lot of imported goods are starting to ring alarm bells over a GOP tax plan that relies heavily on import taxes. — Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The plan is getting pushback from lobbyists for retailers who sell cheap items from abroad.

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Why US Export-Import Bank backers are lobbying furiously

By Nancy Marshall-Genzer

June 30, 2016

Banks are lobbying congress over the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a government agency that makes loans to foreigners. — Win McNamee/Getty Image

The bank is hobbled in making big foreign deals. Critics call the loans 'corporate welfare.'

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The Export-Import Bank gets a congressional reprieve

By Sabri Ben-Achour

October 28, 2015

The Export-Import Bank, a small agency housed in this Washington building, helps numerous companies. — PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

But why was this small agency that doesn't cost the government anything a target?

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Checking in with the secretary of commerce

By Daisy Palacios and Kai Ryssdal

July 01, 2015

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker wants to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. — Linly Lin/Marketplace

Kai talks to Penny Pritzker about the Export-Import bank and TPP.

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Export-Import Bank reports $675 million earnings

By Kai Ryssdal

October 09, 2014

US Export-Import Bank Chairman and President Fred Hochberg speaks during the US Export-Import Bank's annual conference April 4, 2013 in Washington, DC. — Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images

The government agency that gives loans to American exporters is raking in interest payments.

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