Collin Watters
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New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...
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Trump talks #soybeans again — but the market isn’t buying it like before.
📅 August 11, 2020 — Trump posts: "I hope China will quadruple soybeans orders"
📈 Result: ~+7% in 3 sessions
📅 Now — Trump says: "Soybeans will be a major topic of discussion with Xi"
📈 Result: ~+3% in 3 sessions
#oatt
📅 August 11, 2020 — Trump posts: "I hope China will quadruple soybeans orders"
📈 Result: ~+7% in 3 sessions
📅 Now — Trump says: "Soybeans will be a major topic of discussion with Xi"
📈 Result: ~+3% in 3 sessions
#oatt
October 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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US Targets Suspected Narco Boat Out of Venezuela | US Military Deployed to Caribbean Sea
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US Targets Suspected Narco Boat Out of Venezuela | US Military Deployed to Caribbean Sea
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September 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
US Targets Suspected Narco Boat Out of Venezuela | US Military Deployed to Caribbean Sea
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Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Laying claim to the Donetsk region is not only an attempt to expand Russia’s borders.
Donetsk is also home to fortifications critical to Ukraine.
Soldiers, like Oleksii, have spent 11 years building these defences.
Laying claim to the Donetsk region is not only an attempt to expand Russia’s borders.
Donetsk is also home to fortifications critical to Ukraine.
Soldiers, like Oleksii, have spent 11 years building these defences.
August 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Laying claim to the Donetsk region is not only an attempt to expand Russia’s borders.
Donetsk is also home to fortifications critical to Ukraine.
Soldiers, like Oleksii, have spent 11 years building these defences.
Laying claim to the Donetsk region is not only an attempt to expand Russia’s borders.
Donetsk is also home to fortifications critical to Ukraine.
Soldiers, like Oleksii, have spent 11 years building these defences.
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"Lumber futures hit their highest price in three years Friday despite a home-building slump and a lackluster remodeling market. Though wood demand is tepid, traders are pricing in dramatically higher duties on lumber imports from Canada" share.google/FaqUxHnFL5Vq...
August 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Lumber futures hit their highest price in three years Friday despite a home-building slump and a lackluster remodeling market. Though wood demand is tepid, traders are pricing in dramatically higher duties on lumber imports from Canada" share.google/FaqUxHnFL5Vq...
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Also in command during the attack on the encampment: future generals Eisenhower and Patton.
July 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Also in command during the attack on the encampment: future generals Eisenhower and Patton.
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‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry insideevs.com/news/764318/...
Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have "far superior" technology, lower costs and great quality.
Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have "far superior" technology, lower costs and great quality.
‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry
Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have
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July 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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I don't think military spending should be set based on a percentage of GDP as a general matter, and also figures such as 5% or 2% seem pretty arbitrary and not backed by any evidence.
The Pentagon has set a “global standard” for Japan and other U.S. allies to spend 5% of gross domestic product on defense, in the first official confirmation that Washington is asking Tokyo to pump up its defense budget even further.
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06...
www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06...
Pentagon says Japan must meet ‘global standard’ and spend 5% of GDP on defense
Both allies had been mum on whether the U.S. would press Japan specifically to hit the 5% target amid political sensitivities over the issue.
www.japantimes.co.jp
June 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I don't think military spending should be set based on a percentage of GDP as a general matter, and also figures such as 5% or 2% seem pretty arbitrary and not backed by any evidence.
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Anton Howes on the development of smokeless malt kilns and the quest to get soot out of beer
Age of Invention: Just Kiln Time
The Quest for Pale Ale, Part I
www.ageofinvention.xyz
April 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Anton Howes on the development of smokeless malt kilns and the quest to get soot out of beer
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Trump administration eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash reut.rs/3Y6qdAW
April 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump administration eases port fees on China-built ships after industry backlash reut.rs/3Y6qdAW
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🆕 JOB AD! 🆕
TARIFFS are here. More are coming.
Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS?
Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time?
@piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me.
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TARIFFS are here. More are coming.
Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS?
Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time?
@piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me.
APPLY today 👉 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🆕 JOB AD! 🆕
TARIFFS are here. More are coming.
Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS?
Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time?
@piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me.
APPLY today 👉 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
TARIFFS are here. More are coming.
Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS?
Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time?
@piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me.
APPLY today 👉 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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Global cereal production has grown much faster than population in the last half-century
March 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Global cereal production has grown much faster than population in the last half-century
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Before the Great War almost one million people left Europe ervery year (in the period from 1907 to 1912). This map shows where they went. Mostly across the Atlantic... Source: buff.ly/3Twn3mI…
March 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Before the Great War almost one million people left Europe ervery year (in the period from 1907 to 1912). This map shows where they went. Mostly across the Atlantic... Source: buff.ly/3Twn3mI…