Multiple factors lead to baby formula shortage in U.S.: media

STORY: Multiple factors lead to baby formula shortage in U.S.: media DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of baby formula in U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE (English): RANDY HUDSON, CEO of Hudson Pecan Company STORYLINE: With only four major manufacturers of formula in the United States today, some 40 percent of the country's baby formula has been out of stock recently, causing new mothers to hunt from store to store to feed their infants. The Wall Street Journal said last week that "one reason the market is so concentrated is tariffs up to 17.5 percent on imports, which protect domestic producers from foreign competition." The report also illustrates that global trade has its uses, and there are costs to the faddish drive to produce everything in the United States. A report by French state-owned television channel France 24 has attributed the baby formula shortage in the U.S. to rampant inflation and a massive recall of products possibly c

U.S. pecan grower wants to see tariffs removed

STORY: U.S. pecan grower wants to see tariffs removed DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RANDY HUDSON, Chief executive officer of Hudson Pecan Company 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RANDY HUDSON, Chief executive officer of Hudson Pecan Company 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): RANDY HUDSON, Chief executive officer of Hudson Pecan Company STORYLINE: A U.S. pecan grower has told Xinhua that there is an excellent opportunity for the United States and other countries to reduce tariffs as food shortage and inflation pose challenges worldwide. Chief executive officer of Hudson Pecan Company Randy Hudson runs his pecan orchard in Ocilla of Georgia State and exports pecans abroad. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RANDY HUDSON, Chief executive officer of Hudson Pecan Company "Tariffs are nothing more than a tax on the food. They increased cost to people who need food, the cheap food at this time in the world. So we would like to see a