By Ed Zwirn
(originally published on March 5, 2017 in the New York Post. Read original)
If you live in Philadelphia, that bloated feeling you get from consuming carbonated beverages may be coming from the soda price itself. 
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The piper must be paid
Student debt not so easily forgiven
By Ed Zwirn (New York Post Feb. 26, 2017)
Owing to a serious misconception, almost half of college students recently polled believe they won’t be saddled with student loans soon after graduation. Continue reading
By Ed Zwirn, Jens Kastner 31 January 2017 (Read in WTIN.com)
As US President Donald Trump pulled America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on 23 January with an executive order, he signalled he will instead ask Asian TPP members for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). This includes countries such as Vietnam that rely on apparel and textile exports. The TPP was also to have included Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
But it is unclear whether there will be much enthusiasm among these former TPP partners for straight one-on-one trade deals with the US. Continue reading
By Ed Zwirn (Read in Wards Auto, Jan. 27, 2017)
TPP opponents include Trump, protesters in Wellington, New Zealand.
Neal Ballantyne
Now that Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the auto industry faces other trade-policy challenges, particularly the attempts to strike bilateral deals one-on-one with many countries at once. Continue reading