Tag: US trade policy

  • What the Third U.S. Investigation of Vietnam Means for the Price of Your Sofa, Your Sneakers, and Your Next Phone

    What the Third U.S. Investigation of Vietnam Means for the Price of Your Sofa, Your Sneakers, and Your Next Phone

    In late May 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative quietly published a notice that, on its surface, looked like the kind of bureaucratic paperwork most people scroll past without a second thought. The headline that followed in the business press was blunt: “U.S. Hits Vietnam With Third Probe as Trade Pressure Grows.”…

  • Lilly Doubles Down on Lebanon: $4.5 Billion More for Indiana

    Lilly Doubles Down on Lebanon: $4.5 Billion More for Indiana

    A window into how Washington is now buying American pharmaceutical capacity and what the Lebanon expansion tells us about the new U.S. industrial-policy architecture for pharma Eli Lilly is making another major investment in U.S. manufacturing, announcing plans to spend an additional $4.5 billion at two of its sites in Lebanon, Indiana. The headline figure…