Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to report on the growth of alternative energy, combined with hydro-fracking, has contributed to energy independence and influenced geopolitics.

Bruce Piasecki joins Jim Blasingame to explain how energy risk is appraised in the 21st century, impacted by geopolitics and the U.S. becoming energy independent.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether the current energy independence of the U.S. could contribute to holding down the price of oil.

Greg Kozera joins Jim Blasingame to reveal one of the great economic assets of the U.S., the Shale Crescent, which is rich with energy natural resources.

Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to report on the progress of the current renegotiations of NAFTA, and the many reasons the three countries should work together as a hemispheric entity.

Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the concepts of free trade and how it differs from the so-called “fair trade,” and the specific applications with China and Mexico.

Ray Keating joins Jim Blasingame to review the myths and realities of NAFTA, three decades later, including the U.S. winners and losers.

Ralph Winnie joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how small businesses are impacted by the trade negotiations going on between the U.S. and China.

Ralph Winnie joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that the Chinese have been used to negotiating with technocrats, but they now have to deal with the reality of negotiating with a world-class deal maker, Donald Trump.

Tamar Jacoby joins Jim Blasingame to reveal that at a time when there is increased reason for manufacturers to keep jobs here in the U.S., the dearth of qualified employees could be a block to this momentum.