The Baltimore bridge disaster is just the latest knock to global shipping and trade

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The Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday.
The Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024.

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What the Baltimore bridge collapse means for the US economy

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The Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday.
The Dali crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday.

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Here's why the Fed isn't going to cut interest rates this year, according to one market strategist

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The Fed isn't going to cut interest rates this year, according to Hightower Resource Advisors' Tracy Schuchart.

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America is stuck in a greased-pig economy

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America has been living in an economic version of the greased-pig game — and if we lose our grip on inflation, things could get ugly.

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Trying to catch a greased pig is an American tradition that has fallen out of fashion — so you're forgiven if you don't know the rules. 

Supply chains moving out of China could create new winners in the Southeast Asian middle-class, says an official

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A staff works at the Top Glove factory research and development lab in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on August 26, 2020.
Southeast Asia has a rare opportunity to attract global investments amid a diversification of supply chains from China, said a Malaysian minster.

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The US just imported its smallest share of Chinese goods in 17 years — and the big winners are Mexico and Vietnam

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Glass baubles are seen decorated with Textil glitter on December 4, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Mexico is a key beneficiary of the shift in US supply chains away from China.

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2 charts that show how Mexico overtook China as America's top global trade buddy

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President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador shaking hands while standing in front of an American flag.
U.S. President Joe Biden and President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

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