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Beyond Canada => American Politics => Topic started by: JMT on February 02, 2017, 08:25:24 pm

Title: The Journey of a Single Widget
Post by: JMT on February 02, 2017, 08:25:24 pm

This story in Bloomberg serves to explain how tearing apart NAFTA could have a very negative effect on supply chains throughout North America.  It has a useful graphic:

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-protectionism-alters-supply-chain/?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Title: Re: The Journey of a Single Widget
Post by: Blueblood on February 02, 2017, 08:55:57 pm

I would recommend watching the free to choose series on YouTube by Milton Friedman.  It will be a while powering through them and it's very 1970s but it's a good watch and why I roll my eyes with trumps trade ideas.