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BMW's Spartanburg Plant Has Been America's Largest Vehicle Exporter by Value for a Decade — and the Answer to 2025's New Tariffs Was to Make It Bigger

A German automaker's plant in Spartanburg has been America's largest vehicle exporter by value for over a decade. When new 2025 tariffs hit the auto industry, BMW's answer wasn't to pull back from South Carolina — it was to consider making the plant even bigger.

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Texas Instruments Got $1.6 Billion in Federal Chip Money, Finalized a Month Before Trump Took Office. Under Trump, It Announced $10 Billion More For the Same Plant — With No New Federal Money Attached.

Texas Instruments' $1.6 billion federal chip grant for its Sherman, Texas plant was finalized under the Biden administration a month befo...

Churchill Downs Inc. Made $2.9 Billion in 2025. By the Company's Own Numbers, Only a Sliver of That Came From the Derby Itself. Kentucky's Other Famous Export Tells the Same Kind of Story, Twice Over.

Churchill Downs Incorporated's own homepage says it outright: "The Kentucky Derby is just the beginning." Its FY2025 books prove it -- th...

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