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In recent years, the North American nut butter market has emerged as a rich case study in how consumer tastes, health trends, and digital distribution channels intersect to reshape a food category. Forecasts suggest the market

This post explores three key forces driving the market’s expansion:

1. The evolution of consumer dietary preferences

2. Product innovation aligned with wellness and convenience

3. The rise of e-commerce as a transformative distribution channel

I invite others in this forum to reflect, critique, or bring in related parallels from other food sectors or geographies.

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In the modern era of increasingly globalized trade and economic exchange, the idea of protectionism, i.e. implementing measures like tariffs to restrict imports in an attempt to protect domestic industries, is rarely on the table. This is because nowadays, the benefits of having an economy that is open to international exchange is seen as far greater than any cost otherwise incurred. Nonetheless, with his recent “Liberation Day” announcement on April 2nd, Trump has vowed to go against conventional economic wisdom by implementing tariffs on a variety of countries, and especially high tariffs on certain countries, like China (Buchwald, 2025). However, despite Trump’s claims that this will revitalize American manufacturing moving forward, economists remain dubious. In order for us to understand why this is the case, we need to analyze the economic principles underlying Trump’s tariff announcement.

Based on the concepts of comparative and absolute advantage, first developed by economists Adam…

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