US shoppers are seeing higher fruit and vegetable prices thanks to trade tensions, extreme weather and geopolitics, just to name a few reasons.
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The tightly integrated North American beef market, under pressure from drought and the spread of the screwworm, could get further roiled by trade uncertainty.
In 2026, Canada will feel growing pressure to align with some U.S. trade-restrictive measures and, like Mexico, should do so smartly.
Tomatoes are at the heart of a long-brewing controversy, driven by increasing imports and decreasing domestic production.
The US imports $12 billion worth of spirits every year. Nearly half of that comes from Mexico or Canada.
Immigration isn’t the only hot-button issue along the US-Mexico border. There’s also a growing water shortage that’s affecting farmers, businesses and cities on both sides.
Trump isn’t alone in using tariffs, travel bans and sanctions to make countries play ball on deportations. But the other side of migration diplomacy can be incentives for countries willing to take on refugees.
The incoming US president is intent on pushing through policies that may provoke Mexico to respond with tariffs of their own − or other measures that would hurt American consumers and US interests.
When the Rio Grande figures in US news reports, it’s usually in relation to stories about immigration, drug trafficking or trade. But the river is also an important water source – and it’s shrinking.
When host communities unexpectedly receive large numbers of migrants, the influx can tax local services – and relations between migrants and residents.
Migrant deaths are inevitable thanks to the lack of a coherent policy between the US and Mexico.
Record heat and low rainfall are drying up water sources shared by the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
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Professor of Agricultural Economics and Blasingame Chair of Excellence, University of Tennessee
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School
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Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Former graduate teaching assistant
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Research Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University
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PhD Candidate, International Studies., Old Dominion University
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Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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PhD Student in Resource Ecology Management, University of Michigan
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Professor, School of Geography, Development and Environment, University of Arizona
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Research Associate Professor at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center, Old Dominion University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
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Senior Research Scientist, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University