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As Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs cause turbulence in the stock market, Elon Musk has advocated for a zero-tariff policy — but the billionaire investor Mark Cuban predicts the President's plan will ultimately win in this debate. What Happened: On Friday, the stock prices of some of the...

Asia-Pacific nations signed the world's biggest trade deal on Sunday. What Happened: Fifteen nations signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. They represent a third of the world's population and gross domestic product. The agreement took place at a summit held virtually amid...

DHL was founded in the United States in 1969. Founders Dalsey, Hillblom and Lynn lent their initials to the company name. Germany's Deutsche Post began acquiring stock in DHL in 1998 and by 2003 absorbed it into its global organization. Today, Deutsche Post DHL Group is a global air cargo...

Trade ministers from Indonesia and Australia signed a new free trade agreement (FTA), the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA), in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 4. The are a wide range of beneficial outcomes from the agreement. For instance, the new agreement...

"Where is Canada's Silk Road?," a hypothetical exploration of what a Canadian silk road would look like, and the "The E-Commerce Effect," are the two overarching themes of the Cargo Logistics Canada (CLC) Expo + Conference, a multimodal event set for February 5-7 at the...

Meg Whitman, CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE: HPE) is no fan of Donald Trump, despite being a Republican herself. Back in early March, Whitman said Trump's economic policies would "penalize global companies who are trying to be competitive globally," and despite his rhetoric, "there are...

Dr. Daniel Altman is a Harvard University educated economist, so when he writes an opinion piece on why the "dismal science" has a done a "dismal job," people should pay close attention to what he has to say. According to Altman, economics is divided into two camps — there are "positive"...

The Betrayal of American Prosperity by Clyde Prestowitz - Reviewed. As a product of Temple Univ. Business School I was indoctrinated into the holy gospel of free market economics. Then I was sent out into the world to spread the message. We studied various economic models, like The Theory of...