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The new tariff quagmire and SC

By Mike Switzer

Published March 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM EST

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Dr. Joseph Von Nessen, chief economist at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC

The tariff mess that started a year ago just got more confusing and has been blamed for last year’s weak economic growth. How does the latest tariff news affect our state’s economy? Mike Switzer interviews Joey Von Nessen, chief economist at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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