World Watch
When the world moves,
know what reaches your house.
Washington reaches your house through laws. The world reaches it through things — and it arrives two ways: in the prices of what you buy, and the value of what you own. We mapped both, back to the countries and companies they depend on, with the receipts.
153 essential goods · 1,061 inputs · 2,433 companies · 144 countries
On the radar
Last swept Jul 15, 7:36 AM EDT · 3,710 signals reviewed across every country and 65 languages · 126 crossed the bar
What’s moving right now.
Events our radar flagged as material — each traced to what it touches and linked to its source. We report relief with the same care as disruption.
- DisruptionJul 15
Alcoa greenlights gallium plant in Australia with U.S. and Japan backing
A new gallium plant in Australia would add supply of a critical industrial metal, easing dependence on existing sources.
Affects: Gallium
See the trace → - DisruptionJul 15
From truce to escalation: Saudi Arabia and the Houthis at a crossroads of war
The headline suggests renewed conflict that could threaten Red Sea shipping and regional oil flows.
Affects: Hapag-Lloyd AG
See the trace → - DisruptionJul 15
Northam Platinum posts new output record as chrome surges
Higher platinum-group metals and chrome output increases supply of mined metals.
Affects: Rare-earth elements (NdPr)
See the trace → - DisruptionJul 15
Ukraine produces 10 million drones per year - Zelensky
The headline indicates a large increase in drone output, implying net-new supply of military drones.
See the trace → - DisruptionJul 15
Nuevo RIGI para Catamarca: Liex invertirá 709 millones de dólares para producir litio
A large new lithium investment in Catamarca could add future lithium supply.
Affects: Rare-earth elements (NdPr)
See the trace → - DisruptionJul 15
Canada ties new west coast pipeline to oil sands expansion
A proposed pipeline tie-in and oil sands expansion could add future crude transport and export capacity.
See the trace →
This week
Where a price change starts.
Tariffs, sanctions, and export controls are the policy moves that push prices up or down. This is what changed this week, tracked live.
U.S. tariff actions · July 6 – July 12
Tariff Impact Report: July 6-12, 2026 This week brought no immediate price changes for American consumers at the checkout. The federal government focused on technical trade enforcement actions—investigating dumping complaints, reviewing existing tariffs on industrial materials, and processing administrative reviews. One notable development: a new tariff investigation was launched on commercial aircraft and jet engines, though no duties have been imposed yet. For now, your grocery bills, gas prices, and household goods remain unaffected by tariff changes during this period. ## Key Changes Affecting Your Wallet
Weekly tariff tracker — every country’s current rate →
The countries
The places behind your goods.
Trace any good back far enough and it lands in a country. These are the ones the U.S. leans on most heavily — each linked to its trade, tariffs, and full profile.
Canada
38
majority-sourced inputs
Argon Gas · Linear Alkylbenzene · Coal Tar Pitch
China
24
majority-sourced inputs
Artificial Plant Plastics · Stroller Wheels & Tires · Synthetic Industrial Diamond & Diamond Wire Saw
Mexico
15
majority-sourced inputs
Corn Masa Flour · Pyrotechnic Airbag Inflator / Gas Generator · Large-Format Display Panel
India
10
majority-sourced inputs
Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and chloramine · Lab-Grown Diamonds · Turmeric
Japan
10
majority-sourced inputs
PMMA Hollow Fiber Dialyzer Membrane · Nickel-Plated Steel Strip · Printer Ink / Toner
Germany
5
majority-sourced inputs
Menthol · Sodium Bicarbonate · Viral Inactivation Reagents
Switzerland
5
majority-sourced inputs
Mechanical Watch Movement · Watch Hairspring · Synthetic Sapphire Watch Crystal
Taiwan
4
majority-sourced inputs
Console Custom APU / SoC · Bicycle Saddle, Bars & Components · Bicycle Drivetrain Components
What you buy
Every essential good, traced to its source.
Empty shelves in 2020. Gas in 2022. Tariffs in 2025. The 153 goods a household depends on, decomposed into their inputs and the countries, companies, and facilities behind them — so a price shock stops being a surprise.
Explore the Supply Map →What you own
Every public company has to say what could break it.
Which customers, which countries, which materials — disclosed to the SEC, under oath, in filings almost nobody reads. We read all of them and tied each one to the same map.
The data
When one country makes almost all of it.
We don’t keep a watchlist — we sweep everything and let the data show where a single country makes most of something your everyday goods are built from. Every figure is cited, and it re-ranks as the data changes.
China
90% of Synthetic Industrial Diamond & Diamond Wire Saw
HPHT-pressed synthetic diamond grit/powder — the hardest cutting and grinding material — and the diamond wire saws made from it.
Inside: Semiconductors and chips · Specialty chips
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · 2024
Mexico
82% of Large-Format Display Panel
Gen 8.5/10.5 large LCD and OLED TV panels — the single most expensive TV component.
Inside: Televisions · Computers and laptops
U.S. Census trade data · 2025
Japan
100% of PMMA Hollow Fiber Dialyzer Membrane
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) hollow fiber membranes used in hemodialysis dialyzers as an adsorptive membrane.
Inside: Dialysis supplies
Cited industry source · 2024
Taiwan
100% of Console Custom APU / SoC
The semi-custom CPU+GPU processor at the heart of a console (AMD for PS/Xbox, Nvidia Tegra for Switch), fabbed on leading-edge TSMC nodes.
Inside: Video game consoles & games
Cited industry source · 2024
Peru
100% of Phosphate Rock
Sedimentary phosphate ore mined and beneficiated to marketable grade (28–35% P₂O₅).
Inside: Fertilizers and crop inputs
U.S. Census trade data · 2025
India
100% of Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and chloramine
Primary municipal water disinfection chemicals; ~98% of US community water systems use chlorine or chloramines; liquid sodium hypochlorite most common for sm…
Inside: Water filters and purification
UN Comtrade · 2023
Switzerland
78% of Synthetic Sapphire Watch Crystal
Scratch-resistant synthetic sapphire (corundum) crystal grown and machined for watch faces (also smartphone camera covers and sensor windows).
Inside: Watches · Smartphones and tablets
U.S. Census trade data · 2025
China
95% of Artificial Plant Plastics
Polyethylene/polypropylene/PVC stems and foliage plus steel wire armature for artificial plants and floral décor.
Inside: Home décor
U.S. Census trade data · 2025
What you’re looking at
World Watch is built from primary sources — U.S. Census trade data, USGS, EIA, the Federal Register tariff record, and every annual report in the Russell 3000 — decomposed into the goods, inputs, countries, and companies that connect the world to an American household. Every dependency is dated and cited to its source. We report easing with the same care as disruption.