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 Sep 20, 7:34 AM EDT · 3,381 signals reviewed across every country and 65 languages · 66 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.
- DisruptionSep 20
HKM in Duisburg: when the steelmakers switch off their furnace for good
A permanent furnace shutdown would remove steelmaking capacity at Duisburg, reducing output of steel products.
Affects: ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe
See the trace → - DisruptionSep 20
New Longxin Technology capacity ramp-up for storage chips
The headline indicates increased output of storage chips, adding semiconductor supply.
Affects: Memory and storage chips
See the trace → - DisruptionSep 20
Trump imposes law of sanctions on Russia to become law
New sanctions law could restrict flows of goods, companies, or finance tied to Russia.
Affects: Alrosa PJSC
See the trace → - DisruptionSep 20
More than half of electricity generated in the EU now comes from renewables
The headline describes a supply-side shift in the EU power mix toward renewable electricity generation.
Affects: Electricite de France S.A. (EDF)
See the trace → - DisruptionSep 20
Britain faces £150 billion grid overhaul to power renewable energy boom
A major grid buildout would expand electricity transmission capacity and support more renewable power supply.
Affects: Hitachi Energy Ltd. (formerly ABB Power Grids)
See the trace → - DisruptionSep 20
Rakiety balistyczne nad Rijadem. Huti uderzają w serce saudyjskiego przemysłu naftowego
Ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil industry could disrupt crude oil output and related energy supply.
Affects: Saudi Aramco
See the trace →
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.