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Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson discussed the rational behind implement tariffs on Canada and Mexico, but she said, "with China that they may have been trying to compete with very low-cost manufacturing" however “I don't think you can make...

Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, talked with Michigan Public's Stateside about the claims Trump has made about Canada, she says Trump "has claimed it is because of drug trade or illegal immigration but we just don't have a lot...

Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, talked with Chris Hayes about tariffs and Trump's rhetoric, she says "when someone sells me something cheap I don't think you ripped me off I want you to charge me 10% more, but that's basically...

Ford School's Jonathan Hanson has been quoted in networks BBC News and MLive reflecting on the presidential campaigns of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris. In recent media, Hanson highlights impacts on the 2024 elections in the...

A House proposal giving consumers an incentive to buy union-made electric vehicles could be blocked by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin. West Virginia has one automobile factory owned by Toyota. “In a state like West Virginia, with a really, really...

The state of Michigan has again seen a population decrease following the release of the 2020 census, resulting in a loss of another congressional district. Reynolds Farley, research scientist at the Population Studies Center and a lecturer at the...

Biden may want to join the TPP agreement, said Deardorff. But "he probably knows from the experience of it being negotiated, it's not going be an easy thing to do." Read the full article in the Detroit...

President Trump has been eager to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Last week, he signed a replacement deal: the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). This deal garnered bipartisan Congressional support for its emphasis...

Barry Rabe is quoted in Hiroki Tabuchi’s April 5 column in The New York Times: “Quietly, Trump officials and California seek a deal on car emissions.” According to Tabuchi, the Trump administration, which aims to roll back federal auto emissions...

An MLive article published on March 15, “University of Michigan professors discuss Trump’s fuel economy review,” discusses President Trump’s plan to challenge the current Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) emissions targets that were central to...

Marina Whitman is featured in AP auto writer Dee-Ann Durbin’s January 24 article, “How a Trump tariff could sideswipe U.S. auto industry.” Durbin reports President Trump is considering a tax on Mexican-made cars to pressure U.S. automakers to keep...

The so-called fiscal cliff has dominated economic news lately, but economist Justin Wolfers spoke with Jacki Lyden of NPR's All Things Considered on non-cliff economic news stories of 2012. According to Wolfers, professor of economics and public...