Rising tariffs and trade enforcement are reshaping the economics of international e-commerce. For brands importing into the U.S. and shipping globally, duty costs have climbed significantly—especially ...

Explore marginal propensity to import (MPM) and learn how changes in disposable income affect import levels. Discover its role in global trade and economic theory.

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Since April began, countries around the globe have been facing the reality of President Donald Trump's on-again, off-again import tariffs. Threatened since his 2024 campaign and started in earnest ...

President Donald Trump on May 12 announced that the U.S. and China had agreed to lower the escalating tariff rates on trade for the next 90 days. Massachusetts’ top export, gold, goes mostly to China.

Algorithms, which are just sets of instructions expressed in code, are harder to restrict than physical goods. But governments, including the U.S., have long tried to prevent their export. The ...