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TradeVistas | toilet paper shortage 2020

April 2, 2020

Toilet Paper: A Uniquely American Obsession

Covid-19 panic shopping and the 2020 toilet paper shortage has made it clear: Americans love their toilet paper. The U.S. is a top producer and consumer of TP. Learn about trade in bathroom tissue - and why toilet paper shortages are truly a first-world worry.

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SHOP

April 2, 2020

Toilet Paper: A Uniquely American Obsession

TradeVistas | online trade in fake goods

March 26, 2020

Preventing Trade in Online Fakes

February 7, 2020

Trade in Good Conscience

EAT AND DRINK

TradeVistas | baking is a favorite home activity for many during Covid-19

April 2, 2020

The Great Distances Traveled So You Can Stay At Home

Social distancing means people suddenly have a lot of free time. International trade makes home activities during Covid-19 - from baking to yoga - possible. Trade can help us learn a new skill, create something, or better ourselves.

TradeVistas | livestock trade in goat farming

March 5, 2020

The Global Travels of Live Animals

TradeVistas | european wine tariffs hurt U.S. wine industry

February 21, 2020

U.S. Wine Industry is Drowning its Sorrows Over Transatlantic Trade Spat

ENTERTAINMENT

March 13, 2020

Fiddling with Irish Music Royalties in the WTO

How the Irish Music Rights Organization took on U.S. copyright law in the WTO - and won - yet your favorite pub is still allowed to play Irish music for you for free.

September 6, 2019

Helium Shortage Bursting More Than Balloons

July 18, 2019

Trade and America’s Pastime

ON THE GO

TradeVistas | air cargo is critical trade infrastructure

March 26, 2020

Global Cargo is Leaving on a Jet Plane

Air cargo (sometimes carried by passenger flight) is critical infrastructure that is moving medical supplies where they are needed most to fight the coronavirus.

TradeVistas | section 232 tariffs, imported autos, and tariff authority

March 5, 2020

Driving Congress to Act on National Security Tariffs

TradeVistas | Harley-Davidson motorcycle tariffs

February 21, 2020

America’s Favorite Hog is Driving U.S.-India Trade Relations

COMMUNITY

April 2, 2020

The Great Distances Traveled So You Can Stay At Home

Personal perspective of couple relaxing on top of Grand Canyon; feet view; People travel vacations relaxation concept

March 26, 2020

COVID-19 Shows the Economic Impact of Travel Exports to Our National Parks

TradeVistas | global trade in baby products

March 19, 2020

Born to Trade

POLITICS

March 5, 2020

Driving Congress to Act on National Security Tariffs

Imported autos are being targeted with tariffs for “national security” reasons - but why? Congress introduced bipartisan bills to restrain the administration’s use of Section 232 tariffs. In a still-confidential 2019 report, the Department reportedly found that imported autos like the Volkswagon GTI “threaten to impair the national security” and recommended that the president impose tariffs as high as 25 percent.

Republicans Democrats 3d render For Usa Selection

September 27, 2019

SPECIAL REPORT: Trade and Politics 2020

May 31, 2019