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The pandemic economy’s latest victim? The lowly shipping container
By: Jackie Northam | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Ah, the unassuming shipping container. It’s really nothing more than a big steel box with a couple of doors. At any given time, millions of containers are piled on ships plying the world’s waterways. Battered by weather and waves, they are packed with just about anything you can imagine — exotic… Read More
U.S. To Impose More Sanctions On North Korea, But How Effective Will They Be?
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The Trump administration is increasingly using economic sanctions to try to influence behavior in North Korea, Venezuela and Russia. But the strategy doesn’t always work — and can backfire.