Economy: The Last Domino
January 13, 2009 at 09:57 AM EST
The trade boom is fading. That’s no great surprise, given the weakening state of the global economy. But the slippage in export-related activity comes at an especially challenging moment for the U.S. Exports remained a bright spot for the U.S. economy last year. As other areas weakened in 2008, the American export machine bucked the trend. [...]