{"587431":{"#nid":"587431","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"President Trump\u0027s Tough Trade Talk Concerns Georgia Manufacturers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUsha Nair-Reichert, associate professor in the Ivan Allen College School of Economics, was quoted in \u0026ldquo;President Trump\u0026#39;s Tough Trade Talk Concerns Georgia Manufacturers\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;by\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhen it comes to ice cream, exports from Georgia have quadrupled since 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. More than one-third of the roughly $16 million in state ice cream exports went to Mexico last year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s a sizable market to be tapped in the ice cream sector, there\u0026rsquo;s no doubt about that,\u0026rdquo; said Usha Nair-Reichert, an economist at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EShe questioned pulling out of NAFTA, especially given the economic interdependence of the three countries. She also pointed out that if disagreements with Mexico cause the Peso to fall, Mexican exports become more competitive. Comments by the president since his election have been linked to fluctuations in that country\u0026rsquo;s currency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article, read\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/freeze-trade-agreement\/Dstv4Mzlr705t0XlE5SIPI\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-02-14 19:51:28","changed_gmt":"2017-04-27 20:17:53","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.myajc.com\/news\/local-govt--politics\/freeze-trade-agreement\/Dstv4Mzlr705t0XlE5SIPI\/","dateline":{"date":"2017-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-02-13T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"587430":{"id":"587430","type":"image","title":"Usha Nair-Reichert","body":null,"created":"1487101850","gmt_created":"2017-02-14 19:50:50","changed":"1487101850","gmt_changed":"2017-02-14 19:50:50","alt":"Usha Nair-Reichert","file":{"fid":"223876","name":"UshaNairReichertWeb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/UshaNairReichertWeb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/UshaNairReichertWeb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":65090,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/UshaNairReichertWeb.jpg?itok=7kYW7hlS"}}},"media_ids":["587430"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1282","name":"School of Economics"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}