text:  U.S. consumers buy a lot of stuff from abroad. We have a couple of cars, both of which are Japanese. Most of what we wear, you know, is made in other countries. All of the different types of coffee, whether it's from Colombia, the Dominican Republic. That's Peter Coclanis, professor of economic history at UNC Chapel Hill, Nancy Chow, professor of economics at Cornell, and Sarita Jackson, president of the Global Research Institute of International Trade.