Seg. 1: Midwest Tariffs Impact | Seg. 2: Sports Update

By Steve Kraske

Published June 20, 2019 at 4:30 PM CDT

Segment 1: How tariffs are affecting business, food producers and consumers.

In May, China issued tariffs on U.S. goods, and just about everyone in the Heartland is feeling the impact.

Seth Freiden, CEO, US Toy
Daniel Owens, economics professor, Johnson County Community College
Richard Felts, president, Kansas Farm Bureau

Segment 2, beginning at 20:27: Kansas City could be home to new national training center

Greg Echlin offered details on a possible U.S. gymnastics training center in the metro, explained just how big Gary Woodland's win at the U.S. Golf Open was and analyzed whether the Kansas City Chiefs can maintain last season's momentum.

Greg Echlin, sports contributor, KCUR

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When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.

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