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Tariff Relief Rally Ripples Through Asia
Apr 10, 2025 // Teresa Fort joins Bloomberg: The Asia Trade to discuss Trump’s proposed 125 percent tariffs on China and their potential economic fallout. “This is going to have a big negative impact that I think is going to ripple through the economy, both for consumers and also for businesses,” she says.
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U.S. Tariffs Threaten Almost $2TN of Investment Pledges by Global Companies
Apr 08, 2025 // Quotes Teresa Fort on the potential impacts of Trump’s tariffs on corporate investments in the U.S. “The amount of uncertainty that [Trump] has introduced to the world trading system means that nobody is in a position to make long-term investments. It is definitely going to make the U.S. a less attractive place to…
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Trump’s Tariffs and China Collide to Shock the $115 Trillion Global Economy
Apr 07, 2025 // “People are underestimating how damaging Trump’s tariffs will be on U.S. production and also the world,” says Teresa Fort in an article about the effects of the tariffs on the global economy.
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Is Your 401(K) Affected by Trump’s Tariffs? Here’s What to Know and What You Should Do
Apr 06, 2025 // Quotes Teresa Fort on how Trump’s tariffs may impact different demographic groups and their 401(K)s. “This is a fundamental shift in the world order. If you are close to retirement age, you’ll want to look for the safest assets if you cannot afford another 20% to 30% decline in the market,” she says.
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Tariffs and Uncertainty Are Prompting Foreign Investors to Re-Think U.S. Investment
Mar 25, 2025 // Quotes Teresa Fort on the effects of Trump’s tariffs and trade barriers, explaining how they make the U.S. economy more isolated. “Workers and capital are going to move towards sectors that are probably not what the U.S. is best at doing,” Fort said.
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Mixed Data for Manufacturing This Month Suggests Uncertainty
Mar 03, 2025 // “The uncertainty is equivalent to a tariff. He doesn’t even have to put a tariff on to be raising firms’ costs,” says Teresa Fort on the increased prices for manufacturers despite Trump’s tariffs not yet being implemented.
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He’s a Factory Owner and Friends with Trump. That Makes Tariffs Personal.
Jan 04, 2025 // Quotes Teresa Fort on the impact President-elect Trump’s tariffs may have on American manufacturers and whether lower-wage manufacturing jobs are worth fighting for. “Do we want to be using resources to redirect workers and capital towards a job that can be done equally well by a low-skilled worker in Vietnam? We have…
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THE COST OF IMPORTS FROM ASIA AND NORTH AMERICA ARE MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS
Apr 12, 2024 // Features Teresa Fort in an article examining shifting trade patterns and costs of imports.
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2024 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
Mar 21, 2024 // Features research by Teresa Fort in chapter five—examining international trade and investment flows—of the 2024 Economic Report of the President.
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Manufacturers Have Been Spending a Lot on Construction
Apr 03, 2023 // Quotes Teresa Fort in a piece examining rising construction spending within the manufacturing industry.
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How Best to Bring Back Manufacturing
Nov 03, 2022 // Features research coauthored by Teresa Fort in an article about U.S. manufacturing, production, and innovation. Fort found that the number of jobs in American manufacturing has fallen since 2000, but output has not, and that firms that locate their manufacturing near their R&D produce more patents and citations.
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Joe Biden and Manufacturing Jobs: A Closer Look
Nov 01, 2022 // Quotes Teresa Fort in an article examining the state of American manufacturing under the Biden administration. Fort says the scale of a U.S. manufacturing comeback will depend on how well U.S. companies are able to compete with other countries’ manufacturing sectors.
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U.S. Trade Deficit Shrinks as Exports Rise
Aug 03, 2022 // Features Teresa Fort in a piece examining the recent rise in U.S. exports. Fort says it’s not just goods the U.S. is exporting, but services too. “And so some of the service exports we see are likely tourists coming into the United States and consuming services here.”
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Manufacturing Employment Returns to Pre-Pandemic Level
Jul 08, 2022 // Features Teresa Fort in a piece examining the rebound of manufacturing employment, which returned to its pre-pandemic level in June.
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What Can We Actually Do to Stop Inflation?
Jun 25, 2022 // Highlights comments by Teresa Fort in an article examining potential solutions for slowing inflation.
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The Dollar’s Strong Right Now. That’s a Problem for American Companies Doing Business Abroad.
Jun 07, 2022 // Quotes and features research by Teresa Fort in an article examining how the strength of the dollar could cause issues for companies who rely on overseas business.
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What’s the Connection between Domestic Manufacturing Output and Consumer Prices?
Apr 15, 2022 // Quotes Teresa Fort in a piece about the impact of domestic manufacturing output on consumer prices.
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How the Shipping Container Revolutionized Freight and Trade
Nov 23, 2021 // “Shipping containers revolutionized how trade occurs and made trade costs much, much lower for many goods,” says Teresa Fort.
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U.S. Manufacturing Employment
Sep 25, 2021 // Teresa Fort joins the “Scientific Sense” podcast to discuss her research exploring the current state of manufacturing in the United States and, in particular, the decline in manufacturing employment over the last several decades.
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How Technology Enabled Trade: Digitization and Offshoring
Sep 24, 2020 // Teresa Fort joins the Trade Talks podcast to discuss computer aided design software, outsourcing, offshoring, and the impact of technology on trade.
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