Trade and Foreign Exchange (Micro)
Border Patrol (2/27/2007)
To enhance profit, businesses often sell non-interoperable versions of the same products in different markets.
Byrding for Profit (6/25/2004)
U. S. shrimpers use anti-dumping protection to resist competitive pressure from more efficient Asian shrimp farmers and to gain de facto subsidy.
Dividing the Pie (5/13/2010)
Over-extended American consumers provided the ultimate market for consumer goods exported from low-wage countries that are willing to sell on credit.
Gray Market (11/5/1999)
Gray markets appear when cheaper goods in one market are diverted to compete with more expensive but similar goods in another market.
Hedging Inflation with Prostitution (1/30/2015)
Prostitution has proven to be an effective hedge against high inflation induced by subsidies and price control in Venezuela.
Moving Up by Staying Put (8/30/2001)
American companies are increasingly outsourcing back-office and software design work to highly skilled but lower-cost English-speaking foreign workers.
No Chicken Feet! (1/3/2013)
Chicken feet, long considered a waste product in the US, have become a profit center for the high-volume low-profit US chicken industry in the China export market. But this export trade is not exempted from political whims.
Sugar Daddy (6/22/2006)
US subsidies to domestic sugar cane and sugar beet growers have resulted in huge collateral damage to domestic industries and overseas producers.
Your Technology or Your Market Access (2/8/2007)
In a buyer's market with many potential sellers, China exacts technology transfers as a condition of entry into its lucrative mass market.