Trade Talks: Recent Episodes

Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) hosts a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy. From trade wars to trade deals, this podcast covers trade developments with insights and economic analysis from one of the world's top trade geeks.

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Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times) joins to cohost an emergency episode explaining President Trump’s sweeping April 2 tariff announcement. Bown and Keynes turn to Douglas A. Irwin on history, Maurice Obstfeld on the US dollar, and Kathleen Claussen on law to clarify what we know about the tariff actions so far (29:14).

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Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (City University of New York) joins for a wide-ranging conversation on historical lessons as well as some new thinking about international trade, the “agglomeration economies” driving geographically concentrated production, industrial policy, as well as the policy environment under President Trump (42:12).

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A potential US-Ukraine critical minerals agreement is only the latest effort to address security concerns over US sourcing of critical minerals from China. America’s previous top diplomat for critical minerals, Geoff Pyatt (former Assistant Secretary of State, former US ambassador to Ukraine) joins to explain (33.47).

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Europe had a rocky ride during President Trump's first term, but it was largely spared from significant tariffs. The world is different this time around. Former European Commission trade official Rupert Schlegelmilch joins to explain (34:32).

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Shipments of small packages from China have skyrocketed, but the de minimis policy that excludes them from tariffs may end. Chris Casey (Congressional Research Service) joins to explore the history of the US de minimis policy and Amit Khandelwal (Yale University) shares economic research into the question of what happens if the policy ends (37:33).

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President Trump first imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum in 2018, but this time it's different. Ana Swanson (New York Times) joins to explain (32:23).

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Tariffs from the new President call for an emergency relaunch of the longstanding trade podcast. Aime Williams (Financial Times) joins to explain what happened with Canada, Mexico, and China (29:50). Read more…

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Former Trade Talks co-host brings you her new podcast, "The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes". New episodes available on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.

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Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.

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The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?

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When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.

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What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.

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How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.

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Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?

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Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?

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A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.

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Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?

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As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.

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How Brazil’s trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.

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What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.

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How South Korea’s Heavy Chemical and Industrial Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.

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What happened to workers and others in Costa Rica when global companies imposed new responsible sourcing codes of conduct on their suppliers.

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An income tax break in 2001 for Romanian software programmers helped transform the country’s information technology sector.

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Higher US lead standards in 2009 resulted in more production and pollution from Mexican plants. Nearby infants and kids suffered.

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New quartz technology and competition from Japan devastated the dominant Swiss watch industry of the 1970s. What happened next?

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EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.

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In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry’s response offers lessons for other countries.

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The “Made in China 2025” subsidies both provoked a trade war and inspired similar moves by the US and other economies. But have they worked?

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How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?

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How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.

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For decades, Taiwan has limited how and how much its tech firms like TSMC could invest in mainland China. Are there lessons for the United States?

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US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.

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New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.

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The leakage of submarine technology to the Soviet Union in the 1980s has lessons for the limits to and coordination of allies’ export controls today.

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The WTO ruled against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.

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New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China’s financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.

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New research reveals how Britain’s economy benefited from the brutal transatlantic slave trade and its slave holdings.

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A flood of imports from China had an unexpected impact on the Peruvian clothing industry while discouraging Peru’s women workers.

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New research examining India’s pandemic lockdowns sheds light on which supply chains stuck together, which broke apart, and why.

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The Biden administration suddenly restricted exports of certain equipment and services to Chinese semiconductor companies on October 7. Motivated on the grounds of national security, the policy aims to slow the Chinese industry’s ability to produce advanced node semiconductors. Former Obama administration official Kevin Wolf joins to help explain. In Part I (02:33), the two explore the history and evolution of US export controls toward China, and how this changed with China’s adoption of its Military-Civil Fusion policy. In Part II (27:56), they then describe how the October 7 export controls impact US and foreign companies up and down the global semiconductor supply chain, as well as potential policy cooperation with allies (59:33 total).

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The history behind the sudden US ban on certain exports to China, and how the policy affects the global semiconductor supply chain.

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In the 1950s, Taiwan was the first poor economy to experiment with trade reform. How its success changed the course of history for others.

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Why it matters that Chinese public opinion toward trade and technology may have changed in response to US policy.

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America’s new EV subsidies have some carmakers upset. Others are head scratching. Can supply chains diversify away from China?

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America’s last attempt at trade talks with countries in the region ended badly. How Biden’s IPEF approach is different.

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The Inflation Reduction Act omits the key global minimum corporate tax agreed to by over 135 countries. Will cooperation still happen?

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For decades, United Fruit Company exploited banana workers across its Latin American plantations, except in Costa Rica. Why?

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From fashion to forks to fishing reels, how US trade negotiations starting in the 1930s resulted in regressive import duties today.

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The Advisory Centre on WTO Law made trade enforcement possible for poor countries. The Appellate Body crisis put that under threat.

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Despite the Medicines Patent Pool, COVID-19 treatments remain scarce globally. Prashant Yadav explains what more is needed.

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Joe Glauber explains the humanitarian crisis that looms if war cuts wheat exports from Ukraine and Russia. Soumaya Keynes says goodbye.

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After years of dispute, the EU agreed to stop retaliating and to limit exports if the US lifted Trump’s national security tariffs.

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After years of dispute, the EU agreed to stop retaliating and to limit exports if the US lifted Trump’s national security tariffs.

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The US reacted to COVID-19 shortfalls of hospital masks, gowns and gloves with unprecedented trade and industrial policy.

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The US reacted to COVID-19 shortfalls of hospital masks, gowns and gloves with unprecedented trade and industrial policy.

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Worried about being bullied by trading partners, the European Union is developing a host of new policy tools.

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Worried about being bullied by trading partners, the European Union is developing a host of new policy tools.

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CBAM! The EU proposes phasing out free permits from its emissions trading system and phasing in a carbon tax on some imports.

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CBAM! The EU proposes phasing out free permits from its emissions trading system and phasing in a carbon tax on some imports.

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Legally and technologically, paper documents are essential to international trade. How that could change (it involves blockchain).

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Legally and technologically, paper documents are essential to international trade. How that could change (it involves blockchain).

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A beginner's guide to the spat over Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol, plus the UK signs a new trade deal with Australia.

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A beginner's guide to the spat over Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol, plus the UK signs a new trade deal with Australia.

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The G7 economies agreed to a potential historic change in how governments tax multinational corporations.

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The G7 economies agreed to a potential historic change in how governments tax multinational corporations.

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COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine inputs are in short supply globally. How the EU, UK, US and India are all limiting exports.

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COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine inputs are in short supply globally. How the EU, UK, US and India are all limiting exports.

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Companies and regulators have begun to worry about the spike in container shipping costs and pandemic-related trade disruptions.

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Companies and regulators have begun to worry about the spike in container shipping costs and pandemic-related trade disruptions.

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India, South Africa, and more than 50 other countries propose changing WTO rules for vaccines and other medical supplies.

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India, South Africa, and more than 50 other countries propose changing WTO rules for vaccines and other medical supplies.

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President Biden’s first trade action was to tighten rules on what imports the US government can buy.

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President Biden’s first trade action was to tighten rules on what imports the US government can buy.

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Sabine Weyand joins to discuss EU trade policy, transatlantic cooperation and conflict, China, forced labor, WTO, climate and more.

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Sabine Weyand joins to discuss EU trade policy, transatlantic cooperation and conflict, China, forced labor, WTO, climate and more.

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The EU and UK announce their long-awaited trade agreement formalizing Brexit. What is covered, and what is still to be negotiated.

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The EU and UK announce their long-awaited trade agreement formalizing Brexit. What is covered, and what is still to be negotiated.

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How and why the United States is banning exports of semiconductors, software and tools to some of the world’s largest companies.

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How and why the United States is banning exports of semiconductors, software and tools to some of the world’s largest companies.

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Concerns escalate that forced labor and other crimes against humanity are taking place in Xinjiang, China.

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Concerns escalate that forced labor and other crimes against humanity are taking place in Xinjiang, China.

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From tariff leverage to trade deals, a former USTR explains how the baton is handed from one American administration to the next.

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From tariff leverage to trade deals, a former USTR explains how the baton is handed from one American administration to the next.

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China, Japan, South Korea and 12 other Asian countries finally signed that mega-trade deal. Here’s what’s in it.

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China, Japan, South Korea and 12 other Asian countries finally signed that mega-trade deal. Here’s what’s in it.

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The incoming US administration inherits a big trade agenda. Who will lead it and how much of it will they do?

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The incoming US administration inherits a big trade agenda. Who will lead it and how much of it will they do?

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From Corn Laws to Imperial Preferences to joining the EEC, Britain’s current trade policy conundrum has echoes from the past.

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From Corn Laws to Imperial Preferences to joining the EEC, Britain’s current trade policy conundrum has echoes from the past.

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Containerized shipping is an odd business in normal times. What happens when you add a pandemic and a trade war?

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Containerized shipping is an odd business in normal times. What happens when you add a pandemic and a trade war?

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At the turn of the century, electronic communication suddenly helped firms fragment production, but only some went overseas.

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At the turn of the century, electronic communication suddenly helped firms fragment production, but only some went overseas.

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London’s central role in 19th century trade finance meant that its bank failure had effects for decades.

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London’s central role in 19th century trade finance meant that its bank failure had effects for decades.

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China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.

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China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.

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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.

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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.

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What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.

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What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.

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Economic gains for America’s Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.

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Economic gains for America’s Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.

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Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.

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Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.

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How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.

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How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.

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Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.

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Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.

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Making sense of the ‘Global Tariffs’ that the UK will begin to apply to thousands of imported products after Brexit is complete.

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Making sense of the ‘Global Tariffs’ that the UK will begin to apply to thousands of imported products after Brexit is complete.

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Faulty Chinese medical gear emerges, as both the US and China adjust their product regulations in response to the pandemic.

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Faulty Chinese medical gear emerges, as both the US and China adjust their product regulations in response to the pandemic.

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In good times, cosmetics are a logistical challenge, as dangerous goods go from ideas to store shelves. Now come the hard times.

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In good times, cosmetics are a logistical challenge, as dangerous goods go from ideas to store shelves. Now come the hard times.

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Understanding the Great Trade Collapse of 2009 may help anticipate the impending decline in exports and imports today.

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Understanding the Great Trade Collapse of 2009 may help anticipate the impending decline in exports and imports today.

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How companies are coping (or not) with the massive disruption in global trade flows due to COVID-19.

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How companies are coping (or not) with the massive disruption in global trade flows due to COVID-19.

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Countries try to beat COVID-19 by limiting exports of medical supplies and cutting tariffs.

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Countries try to beat COVID-19 by limiting exports of medical supplies and cutting tariffs.

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Does globalization contribute to the gender wage gap? Beata Javorcik joins to explain one overlooked channel.

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Does globalization contribute to the gender wage gap? Beata Javorcik joins to explain one overlooked channel.

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Simon Rabinovitch joins from China to discuss the economic, trade, and supply chain implications of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

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Simon Rabinovitch joins from China to discuss the economic, trade, and supply chain implications of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

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A Washington protest march and the wine industry illustrate the impact of US tariffs on American small businesses.

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A Washington protest march and the wine industry illustrate the impact of US tariffs on American small businesses.

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How the Napoleonic Blockade helps economists see whether temporary protection from trade can further industrial development.

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How the Napoleonic Blockade helps economists see whether temporary protection from trade can further industrial development.

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What is the Glasgow effect? Richard Davies explains, and tells the gripping economic story of the Scottish city’s boom and bust.

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What is the Glasgow effect? Richard Davies explains, and tells the gripping economic story of the Scottish city’s boom and bust.

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Nick Bloom joins to discuss policy uncertainty under President Trump and implications for the economy and stock market.

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Nick Bloom joins to discuss policy uncertainty under President Trump and implications for the economy and stock market.

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Two former and longtime USTR negotiators join to explain the details of the new US-China trade agreement.

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Two former and longtime USTR negotiators join to explain the details of the new US-China trade agreement.

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New evidence reveals Trump’s import tariffs are contributing to the recent slowdown in US exports.

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New evidence reveals Trump’s import tariffs are contributing to the recent slowdown in US exports.

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Why is the WTO struggling to negotiate limits to fisheries subsidies? As always, it's complicated.

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Why is the WTO struggling to negotiate limits to fisheries subsidies? As always, it's complicated.

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New research shows how Trump’s trade war may have cost Republican seats in the 2018 election for the US House of Representatives.

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New research shows how Trump’s trade war may have cost Republican seats in the 2018 election for the US House of Representatives.

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Trump’s USTR provides some details of what has been agreed, including tariff cuts, purchases and structural reforms.

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Trump’s USTR provides some details of what has been agreed, including tariff cuts, purchases and structural reforms.

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USMCA gets one step closer after Congressional Democrats, organized labor, the Trump administration, and Mexico strike a deal.

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USMCA gets one step closer after Congressional Democrats, organized labor, the Trump administration, and Mexico strike a deal.

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Government subsidies are a key battle area in today’s trade disputes. The OECD has a new way to track them down.

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Government subsidies are a key battle area in today’s trade disputes. The OECD has a new way to track them down.

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A former senior Trump trade official shares his take on US policy toward China, the EU and the WTO.

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A former senior Trump trade official shares his take on US policy toward China, the EU and the WTO.

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New evidence from the hearing aid industry on whether 3D printing will eliminate the need for trade.

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New evidence from the hearing aid industry on whether 3D printing will eliminate the need for trade.

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The WTO authorizes China to retaliate against US exports. The timing bodes poorly for an Appellate Body already under stress.

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The WTO authorizes China to retaliate against US exports. The timing bodes poorly for an Appellate Body already under stress.

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Services trade gets no respect. The release of the WTO’s World Trade Report 2019 gave us a chance to fix that.

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Services trade gets no respect. The release of the WTO’s World Trade Report 2019 gave us a chance to fix that.

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Was letting China join the WTO a mistake? Paul Blustein describes fraught negotiations with America that culminated in its entry.

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Was letting China join the WTO a mistake? Paul Blustein describes fraught negotiations with America that culminated in its entry.

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Jenny Leonard explains President Trump’s October 11 announcement, as well as what it is like reporting daily on the trade war.

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Jenny Leonard explains President Trump’s October 11 announcement, as well as what it is like reporting daily on the trade war.

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The WTO authorizes new US retaliatory tariffs on EU imports in one of the biggest and longest-running formal disputes in history.

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The WTO authorizes new US retaliatory tariffs on EU imports in one of the biggest and longest-running formal disputes in history.

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Explore past US efforts to counter countries with undervalued currencies, as well as two controversial proposals to do so today.

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Explore past US efforts to counter countries with undervalued currencies, as well as two controversial proposals to do so today.

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The annual US-China Business Council survey of members paints an interesting picture of American companies operating in China.

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The annual US-China Business Council survey of members paints an interesting picture of American companies operating in China.

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Nicholas Lardy explains how the Chinese economy is faring thus far during the trade war.

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Nicholas Lardy explains how the Chinese economy is faring thus far during the trade war.

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Yuan Yang explains the Chinese telecom equipment maker’s role in the US-China trade war and concerns over national security.

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Yuan Yang explains the Chinese telecom equipment maker’s role in the US-China trade war and concerns over national security.

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Anand Menon joins to update developments on Britain’s plan to leave the European Union.

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Anand Menon joins to update developments on Britain’s plan to leave the European Union.

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Kadee Russ explains why the US trade imbalance with South Korea expanded after their trade agreement went into effect.

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Kadee Russ explains why the US trade imbalance with South Korea expanded after their trade agreement went into effect.

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Jeromin Zettelmeyer explains Germany’s export competitiveness and why concerns over its trade surplus derive from somewhere else.

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Jeromin Zettelmeyer explains Germany’s export competitiveness and why concerns over its trade surplus derive from somewhere else.

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Sophie Richardson joins Keynes and Bown in a wide-ranging conversation about heightened concerns over human rights in China.

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Sophie Richardson joins Keynes and Bown in a wide-ranging conversation about heightened concerns over human rights in China.

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Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s rollout of tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports and new evidence of global economic turmoil.

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Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s rollout of tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports and new evidence of global economic turmoil.

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Keynes and Bown explain the controversy surrounding President Trump’s decision to designate China a currency manipulator.

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Keynes and Bown explain the controversy surrounding President Trump’s decision to designate China a currency manipulator.

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Adam Posen explains why the US Federal Reserve is suddenly cutting interest rates and what that has to do with President Trump’s trade war.

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Adam Posen explains why the US Federal Reserve is suddenly cutting interest rates and what that has to do with President Trump’s trade war.

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Former USTR Michael Froman joins to discuss how the Obama administration tackled China and the World Trade Organization.

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Former USTR Michael Froman joins to discuss how the Obama administration tackled China and the World Trade Organization.

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Dukgeun Ahn joins to explain how Japan’s threat to limit exports to South Korea involves issues much deeper than smartphone trade.

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Dukgeun Ahn joins to explain how Japan’s threat to limit exports to South Korea involves issues much deeper than smartphone trade.

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Ben Hyman joins to discuss whether an American program actually helps workers hurt by trade.

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Ben Hyman joins to discuss whether an American program actually helps workers hurt by trade.

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The former Indonesian trade minister discusses trade deals – from ASEAN to RCEP to the GSP – the trade war, and more.

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The former Indonesian trade minister discusses trade deals – from ASEAN to RCEP to the GSP – the trade war, and more.

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Gordon Hanson joins to explain the roots of the migration emergency at both the US and Mexican southern borders.

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Gordon Hanson joins to explain the roots of the migration emergency at both the US and Mexican southern borders.

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Keynes and Bown discuss Trump’s national emergency declaration and potential tariffs on $350 billion of imports from Mexico.

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Keynes and Bown discuss Trump’s national emergency declaration and potential tariffs on $350 billion of imports from Mexico.

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Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s latest trade action on cars and implications of his partial removal of steel and aluminum tariffs.

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Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s latest trade action on cars and implications of his partial removal of steel and aluminum tariffs.

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Lucie Gadenne (University of Warwick, IFS) joins Keynes and Bown to explain when and why some countries use import tariffs as an important source of total tax revenue collections. They discuss her research on the...

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Lucie Gadenne (University of Warwick, IFS) joins Keynes and Bown to explain when and why some countries use import tariffs as an important source of total tax revenue collections. They discuss her research on the...

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Keynes and Bown update the sudden change in US-China trade negotiations and implications of President Trump’s tariff escalation.

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Keynes and Bown update the sudden change in US-China trade negotiations and implications of President Trump’s tariff escalation.

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Duncan Robinson joins to update Brexit, cleavages in British political parties, and 2019 elections to the European Parliament.

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Duncan Robinson joins to update Brexit, cleavages in British political parties, and 2019 elections to the European Parliament.

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Gene Grossman joins to discuss how political economists explain trade protectionism.

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Gene Grossman joins to discuss how political economists explain trade protectionism.

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Keynes and Bown discuss the US government report and economic impact assessment of the potential NAFTA replacement.

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Keynes and Bown discuss the US government report and economic impact assessment of the potential NAFTA replacement.

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Mona Pinchis-Paulsen joins to discuss the origins and history of using national security threats to justify trade restrictions.

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Mona Pinchis-Paulsen joins to discuss the origins and history of using national security threats to justify trade restrictions.

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Keynes and Bown explain how a tiny part of US antidumping tariff calculations threatens the entire trading system.

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Keynes and Bown explain how a tiny part of US antidumping tariff calculations threatens the entire trading system.

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Ernesto Zedillo joins to discuss 40 years of Mexico’s trade, the impact of import substitution policies, NAFTA, and the USMCA.

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Ernesto Zedillo joins to discuss 40 years of Mexico’s trade, the impact of import substitution policies, NAFTA, and the USMCA.

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Kimberly Clausing joins Keynes and Bown to discuss today’s economic and policy challenges in taxing multinational companies.

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Kimberly Clausing joins Keynes and Bown to discuss today’s economic and policy challenges in taxing multinational companies.

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Keynes and Bown discuss new research on the economics and politics behind President Trump’s tariffs and the resulting retaliation.

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Keynes and Bown discuss new research on the economics and politics behind President Trump’s tariffs and the resulting retaliation.

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The Trump administration pulled India and Turkey from the US Generalized System of Preference, a program that offers zero tariffs to imports from poor countries. Keynes and Bown explain the decision and how it fits into a broader battle between rich and poor countries around special and differential treatment and how it is holding up progress on WTO negotiations.

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The Trump administration pulled India and Turkey from the US Generalized System of Preference, a program that offers zero tariffs to imports from poor countries. Keynes and Bown explain the decision and how it fits into a broader battle between rich and poor countries around special and differential treatment and how it is holding up progress on WTO negotiations.

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Not to be overshadowed by the Trump-China trade war, the WTO issues an important legal ruling on Chinese subsidies. Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown describe how the Americans had challenged Chinese payments to farmers of corn, wheat and rice, as well as implications of the WTO ruling for US-China trade relations and the multilateral system.

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Not to be overshadowed by the Trump-China trade war, the WTO issues an important legal ruling on Chinese subsidies. Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown describe how the Americans had challenged Chinese payments to farmers of corn, wheat and rice, as well as implications of the WTO ruling for US-China trade relations and the multilateral system.

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Keynes and Bown replay their November 2017 interview with Marcus Noland about one of the most closed economies in the world.

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Keynes and Bown replay their November 2017 interview with Marcus Noland about one of the most closed economies in the world.

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Keynes and Bown explain the upheaval in American and global soybean markets stemming from the US-China trade conflict.

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Keynes and Bown explain the upheaval in American and global soybean markets stemming from the US-China trade conflict.

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Richard Baldwin joins Keynes and Bown to discuss the past and future of globalization, new technologies, and social upheaval.

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Richard Baldwin joins Keynes and Bown to discuss the past and future of globalization, new technologies, and social upheaval.

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Kalina Manova joins Keynes and Bown to discuss how companies’ ability to borrow affects trade.

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Kalina Manova joins Keynes and Bown to discuss how companies’ ability to borrow affects trade.

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Nicholas Lardy joins Keynes and Bown to discuss the changing role of the state and private firms in China’s economic development.

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Nicholas Lardy joins Keynes and Bown to discuss the changing role of the state and private firms in China’s economic development.

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Keynes and Bown discuss what is behind the slowdown of global trade, supply chain expansion, and international commerce.

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Keynes and Bown discuss what is behind the slowdown of global trade, supply chain expansion, and international commerce.

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Keynes and Bown discuss the rocky departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Sam Lowe (Centre for European Reform) joins for an update on the latest political developments as Britain approaches the March...

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Keynes and Bown discuss the rocky departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Sam Lowe (Centre for European Reform) joins for an update on the latest political developments as Britain approaches the March...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Alice Fulwood (The Economist) about what is behind the $150 billion of annual trade in blood plasma products. They cut through the mystery of the exploding trade flows by explaining...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Alice Fulwood (The Economist) about what is behind the $150 billion of annual trade in blood plasma products. They cut through the mystery of the exploding trade flows by explaining...

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Keynes and Bown sit down with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman (CUNY and New York Times) in a wide-ranging interview about international trade. They discuss NAFTA, labor standards, and the USMCA (2:25); the current toxicity...

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Keynes and Bown sit down with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman (CUNY and New York Times) in a wide-ranging interview about international trade. They discuss NAFTA, labor standards, and the USMCA (2:25); the current toxicity...

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Keynes and Bown explain the recent 90-day agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi that puts on hold further tariff escalation between the United States and China. They speak with Mark Wu (Harvard Law) and former...

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Keynes and Bown explain the recent 90-day agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi that puts on hold further tariff escalation between the United States and China. They speak with Mark Wu (Harvard Law) and former...

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Keynes and Bown speak with veteran trade journalist Alan Beattie (Financial Times) about the complexities of negotiating with the European Union on trade. They discuss the EU’s dealings with the UK over Brexit and the...

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Keynes and Bown speak with veteran trade journalist Alan Beattie (Financial Times) about the complexities of negotiating with the European Union on trade. They discuss the EU’s dealings with the UK over Brexit and the...

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Keynes and Bown discuss the prospect of negotiations between the United States and the European Union on a trade deal that would meet President Trump’s objectives of zero tariffs, zero nontariff barriers, and zero subsidies....

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Keynes and Bown discuss the prospect of negotiations between the United States and the European Union on a trade deal that would meet President Trump’s objectives of zero tariffs, zero nontariff barriers, and zero subsidies....

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Keynes and Bown speak with Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School) about the impact that exporting has on firm productivity. They discuss his evidence from a randomized control trial that new foreign market access improved how...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School) about the impact that exporting has on firm productivity. They discuss his evidence from a randomized control trial that new foreign market access improved how...

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Keynes and Bown speak with incoming World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg (Yale University) about her research on how trade liberalization affects consumers and firms when firms have market power. They discuss the impact that...

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Keynes and Bown speak with incoming World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg (Yale University) about her research on how trade liberalization affects consumers and firms when firms have market power. They discuss the impact that...

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Keynes and Bown talk with former WTO Appellate Body member Jennifer Hillman (Georgetown Law) about WTO dispute settlement. They describe the procedural, philosophical, and judicial complaints the United States has with the current way of addressing...

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Keynes and Bown talk with former WTO Appellate Body member Jennifer Hillman (Georgetown Law) about WTO dispute settlement. They describe the procedural, philosophical, and judicial complaints the United States has with the current way of addressing...

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Keynes and Bown talk with Stephen Redding (Princeton University) about his research on the border between East and West Germany erected in the mid-20th century. They discuss the loss of market access for cities near...

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Keynes and Bown talk with Stephen Redding (Princeton University) about his research on the border between East and West Germany erected in the mid-20th century. They discuss the loss of market access for cities near...

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Keynes and Bown talk with best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodward about his latest book Fear: Trump in the White House. From snatching trade agreement withdrawal letters off the president’s desk to...

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Keynes and Bown talk with best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodward about his latest book Fear: Trump in the White House. From snatching trade agreement withdrawal letters off the president’s desk to...

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Keynes and Bown describe key elements of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, announced on October 1, 2018. Beneath the spin, they analyze what the deal really does, including where new market access has been...

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Keynes and Bown describe key elements of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA, announced on October 1, 2018. Beneath the spin, they analyze what the deal really does, including where new market access has been...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Bruce Stokes (Pew Research Center) about recent poll results on public attitudes toward trade. They discuss how Americans feel about trade and trade agreements, China, differences between self-identified Democrats and...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Bruce Stokes (Pew Research Center) about recent poll results on public attitudes toward trade. They discuss how Americans feel about trade and trade agreements, China, differences between self-identified Democrats and...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Arvind Subramanian (PIIE, Harvard Kennedy School) about the massive changes in India’s trade policy since the 1980s. They examine the scope and impact of India’s trade liberalization; the importance of...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Arvind Subramanian (PIIE, Harvard Kennedy School) about the massive changes in India’s trade policy since the 1980s. They examine the scope and impact of India’s trade liberalization; the importance of...

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Keynes and Bown examine the legal arguments surrounding President Trump’s threats to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization. They speak with legal experts Gary Hufbauer (PIIE), Rachel Brewster (Duke...

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Keynes and Bown examine the legal arguments surrounding President Trump’s threats to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization. They speak with legal experts Gary Hufbauer (PIIE), Rachel Brewster (Duke...

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Keynes and Bown examine critical economic issues caught up in Canada’s talks with the Trump administration over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement. They speak with Meredith Lilly (Carleton University) and Madelaine...

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Keynes and Bown examine critical economic issues caught up in Canada’s talks with the Trump administration over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement. They speak with Meredith Lilly (Carleton University) and Madelaine...

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Keynes and Bown examine the still murky details on autos and a potential sunset clause for the Mexico-United States trade agreement—which the Trump administration says is designed to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement...

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Keynes and Bown examine the still murky details on autos and a potential sunset clause for the Mexico-United States trade agreement—which the Trump administration says is designed to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement...

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Keynes and Bown have a conversation with Jason Furman (PIIE, Harvard Kennedy School)—a former senior economic adviser of the Obama administration—about American economic policy. They ask Furman about economic and trade policy during the Great...

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Keynes and Bown have a conversation with Jason Furman (PIIE, Harvard Kennedy School)—a former senior economic adviser of the Obama administration—about American economic policy. They ask Furman about economic and trade policy during the Great...

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Keynes and Bown explore the aluminum industry: how to make it, changes in North American production over the past few decades, and the industry’s real complaints. They discuss the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported aluminum...

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Keynes and Bown explore the aluminum industry: how to make it, changes in North American production over the past few decades, and the industry’s real complaints. They discuss the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported aluminum...

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Keynes and Bown describe how the Trump administration’s quotas imposed on steel imports from South Korea, Brazil, and Argentina are different from the simple application of tariffs. They speak with Ambassador Jennifer Hillman—former administrator of...

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Keynes and Bown describe how the Trump administration’s quotas imposed on steel imports from South Korea, Brazil, and Argentina are different from the simple application of tariffs. They speak with Ambassador Jennifer Hillman—former administrator of...

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Keynes and Bown explain the US government decision to offer up to $12 billion of subsidies to farmers adversely affected by trade retaliation stemming from President Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum, and China. They speak...

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Keynes and Bown explain the US government decision to offer up to $12 billion of subsidies to farmers adversely affected by trade retaliation stemming from President Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum, and China. They speak...

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Keynes and Bown detail an emerging approach for the European Union, Japan, China—and the Trump administration—to resolve the conflict over subsidies, one of the most pressing challenges confronting the World Trade Organization. They explain the...

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Keynes and Bown detail an emerging approach for the European Union, Japan, China—and the Trump administration—to resolve the conflict over subsidies, one of the most pressing challenges confronting the World Trade Organization. They explain the...

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Keynes and Bown compare President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed to date—on solar panels, washing machines, steel, aluminum, and Chinese imports—with other major American protectionist episodes. They speak to economic historian Douglas A. Irwin (PIIE) about...

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Keynes and Bown compare President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed to date—on solar panels, washing machines, steel, aluminum, and Chinese imports—with other major American protectionist episodes. They speak to economic historian Douglas A. Irwin (PIIE) about...

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Keynes and Bown explain the outsized importance of “zeroing”—a technical, yet politically controversial method the United States uses to calculate antidumping tariffs. They speak to Thomas Prusa (Rutgers University) about zeroing’s contentious negotiating history, how...

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Keynes and Bown explain the outsized importance of “zeroing”—a technical, yet politically controversial method the United States uses to calculate antidumping tariffs. They speak to Thomas Prusa (Rutgers University) about zeroing’s contentious negotiating history, how...

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Keynes and Bown explain recent developments in the UK-EU trade talks on Britain’s departure from the European Union. At the two-year mark after the June 23, 2016 Leave referendum, they speak to Anand Menon (King’s...

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Keynes and Bown explain recent developments in the UK-EU trade talks on Britain’s departure from the European Union. At the two-year mark after the June 23, 2016 Leave referendum, they speak to Anand Menon (King’s...

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Keynes and Bown explain some implications of President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on US imports from China starting July 6, 2018, which could escalate to cover $450 billion of American imports. They speak to...

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Keynes and Bown explain some implications of President Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on US imports from China starting July 6, 2018, which could escalate to cover $450 billion of American imports. They speak to...

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Bown and Keynes explain the nonreciprocal pattern of tariffs—and nontariff barriers—across countries highlighted by President Trump’s tweets and statements about high levels of tariff protection received by Canadian dairy farmers, automakers in Europe and China,...

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Bown and Keynes explain the nonreciprocal pattern of tariffs—and nontariff barriers—across countries highlighted by President Trump’s tweets and statements about high levels of tariff protection received by Canadian dairy farmers, automakers in Europe and China,...

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Keynes and Bown discuss a variety of Chinese perspectives of the Trump administration's trade policy.

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Keynes and Bown discuss a variety of Chinese perspectives of the Trump administration's trade policy.

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Bown and Keynes explain the economic implications of President Trump’s decision to apply steel and aluminum trade restrictions on virtually all US trading partners as of June 1, 2018. Countries have announced their plans to...

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Bown and Keynes explain the economic implications of President Trump’s decision to apply steel and aluminum trade restrictions on virtually all US trading partners as of June 1, 2018. Countries have announced their plans to...

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Keynes and Bown talk with Kristin Dziczek (Center for Automotive Research) about President Trump’s new investigation into whether imports of autos threaten American national security. They discuss the implications of potential new tariffs for the NAFTA negotiations,...

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Keynes and Bown talk with Kristin Dziczek (Center for Automotive Research) about President Trump’s new investigation into whether imports of autos threaten American national security. They discuss the implications of potential new tariffs for the NAFTA negotiations,...

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Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm’s supply chain and Chinese and American...

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Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm’s supply chain and Chinese and American...

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Keynes and Bown talk with Professor Claudia Steinwender (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) about her research on the impact of the trans-Atlantic telegraph on trade. New information through the telegraph affected 1860s cotton price differences between...

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Keynes and Bown talk with Professor Claudia Steinwender (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) about her research on the impact of the trans-Atlantic telegraph on trade. New information through the telegraph affected 1860s cotton price differences between...

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Keynes and Bown discuss with Dave Donaldson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) his research on how massive railroad projects—across America in the late 1800s and colonial India in the early 1900s—affected trade costs, market access, intranational...

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Keynes and Bown discuss with Dave Donaldson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) his research on how massive railroad projects—across America in the late 1800s and colonial India in the early 1900s—affected trade costs, market access, intranational...

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Bown and Keynes explain controversial elements of the ongoing NAFTA negotiations that relate to jobs, wages, and workers. There are tradeoffs in the new proposals for automobile rules of origin, the enforcement of labor standards...

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Bown and Keynes explain controversial elements of the ongoing NAFTA negotiations that relate to jobs, wages, and workers. There are tradeoffs in the new proposals for automobile rules of origin, the enforcement of labor standards...

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Bown and Keynes sit down with former acting deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler to learn how to negotiate trade agreements. Wendy shares 25 years of experience balancing domestic politics, while driving hard bargains with...

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Bown and Keynes sit down with former acting deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler to learn how to negotiate trade agreements. Wendy shares 25 years of experience balancing domestic politics, while driving hard bargains with...

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Keynes and Bown explain the Chinese economic development strategy at the core of the Trump administration’s Section 301 dispute and latest tariff threats. They discuss Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” industrial policy, how technology gets...

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Keynes and Bown explain the Chinese economic development strategy at the core of the Trump administration’s Section 301 dispute and latest tariff threats. They discuss Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” industrial policy, how technology gets...

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Keynes and Bown discuss the escalating tariff fight between President Trump and China. They update the status of Trump’s “national security” tariffs on steel and aluminum as well as Beijing’s retaliation over $3 billion of...

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Keynes and Bown discuss the escalating tariff fight between President Trump and China. They update the status of Trump’s “national security” tariffs on steel and aluminum as well as Beijing’s retaliation over $3 billion of...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Douglas Irwin (PIIE and Dartmouth College) about popular misconceptions around the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, the Great Depression, and the global trade wars that ensued. They discuss how the...

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Keynes and Bown speak with Douglas Irwin (PIIE and Dartmouth College) about popular misconceptions around the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, the Great Depression, and the global trade wars that ensued. They discuss how the...

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Keynes and Bown have a conversation with Ana Swanson from the New York Times about trade and journalism. They discuss encounters relating to steel, aluminum, softwood lumber and lobsters, as well as the surprises along...

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Keynes and Bown have a conversation with Ana Swanson from the New York Times about trade and journalism. They discuss encounters relating to steel, aluminum, softwood lumber and lobsters, as well as the surprises along...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown explain developments resulting from President Trump’s announcement of new “national security” import tariffs on steel and aluminum. They discuss those countries hit by—and...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown explain developments resulting from President Trump’s announcement of new “national security” import tariffs on steel and aluminum. They discuss those countries hit by—and...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 4 of this 4-episode conversation, they provide a...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 4 of this 4-episode conversation, they provide a...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 3 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss concerns...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 3 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss concerns...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 2 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss ways...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 2 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss ways...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 1 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss the...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 1 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss the...

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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown explore the US Department of Commerce findings that imports of steel and aluminum threaten national security and the recommendation that President Trump impose...

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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown explore the US Department of Commerce findings that imports of steel and aluminum threaten national security and the recommendation that President Trump impose...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Douglas Irwin about his recent book Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy and the role...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Douglas Irwin about his recent book Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy and the role...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist discuss the challenges facing the UK government as it seeks negotiations separate from the Brexit talks to maintain existing market access through the...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist discuss the challenges facing the UK government as it seeks negotiations separate from the Brexit talks to maintain existing market access through the...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the evolution of the auto industry in North America. Long before the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1965 Canada-US...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the evolution of the auto industry in North America. Long before the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1965 Canada-US...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the controversy surrounding the US washing machine market and update the solar panels case, in light of President Trump’s decision to impose...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the controversy surrounding the US washing machine market and update the solar panels case, in light of President Trump’s decision to impose...

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Keynes and Bown discuss the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the program rich countries use to offer lower tariffs to exporters in developing countries. They discuss a variety of programs—the now expired US GSP scheme,...

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Keynes and Bown discuss the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the program rich countries use to offer lower tariffs to exporters in developing countries. They discuss a variety of programs—the now expired US GSP scheme,...

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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown speak with Professor Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge) about her Brexit research. Crowley describes results from her use of information on product-level UK exports...

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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown speak with Professor Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge) about her Brexit research. Crowley describes results from her use of information on product-level UK exports...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the December 2017 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires. They describe the contentious negotiations over India’s public stockholding...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the December 2017 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires. They describe the contentious negotiations over India’s public stockholding...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist survey listeners and conduct interviews from the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, to describe some of the more bizarre—and fascinating—barriers to international...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist survey listeners and conduct interviews from the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, to describe some of the more bizarre—and fascinating—barriers to international...

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Keynes and Bown focus on a huge WTO dispute in which China is suing the European Union and the United States over their refusal to treat it as a market economy, meaning they will not...

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Keynes and Bown focus on a huge WTO dispute in which China is suing the European Union and the United States over their refusal to treat it as a market economy, meaning they will not...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Marcus Noland about his research on implementing trade sanctions on North Korea. First up is his recent book...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Marcus Noland about his research on implementing trade sanctions on North Korea. First up is his recent book...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Caroline Freund about her research on big firms, billionaires, international trade, and economic development. First up is her...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Caroline Freund about her research on big firms, billionaires, international trade, and economic development. First up is her...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). They discuss how 11 persistent countries pulled the original TPP deal from...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). They discuss how 11 persistent countries pulled the original TPP deal from...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the impact of international trade on economic activity within developing countries like India, Vietnam, and Brazil. They talk with Professor Nina Pavcnik...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the impact of international trade on economic activity within developing countries like India, Vietnam, and Brazil. They talk with Professor Nina Pavcnik...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist examine what a no-deal Brexit would look like, or the economic implications if Britain were to split from the European Union without a...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist examine what a no-deal Brexit would look like, or the economic implications if Britain were to split from the European Union without a...

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On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the origins of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. They speak...

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On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the origins of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. They speak...

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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the economic tension arising through the ongoing NAFTA—or North American Free Trade Agreement—talks between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The...

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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the economic tension arising through the ongoing NAFTA—or North American Free Trade Agreement—talks between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss an ongoing trade dispute involving large civil aircraft jets, Bombardier and Boeing, as well as the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom,...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss an ongoing trade dispute involving large civil aircraft jets, Bombardier and Boeing, as well as the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom,...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus this week on the costs of increased uncertainty generated by President Trump’s threat to rip up US trade agreements as well as...

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus this week on the costs of increased uncertainty generated by President Trump’s threat to rip up US trade agreements as well as...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss President Trump’s upcoming choice to grant trade protection to a sliver of the US solar manufacturing industry. The episode describes cleavages within...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss President Trump’s upcoming choice to grant trade protection to a sliver of the US solar manufacturing industry. The episode describes cleavages within...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the Trump administration’s approach to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The episode describes US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s recently articulated positions...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the Trump administration’s approach to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The episode describes US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s recently articulated positions...

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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad Bown (PIIE) focus on the Trump administration’s risking a trade war, after the president started a Section 232 investigation into whether steel and aluminum imports are a threat to...

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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad Bown (PIIE) focus on the Trump administration’s risking a trade war, after the president started a Section 232 investigation into whether steel and aluminum imports are a threat to...

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This week Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes focus on the South Korea-US free trade agreement (KORUS) and President Donald Trump’s unhappiness with it, as his administration alternates between threats of withdrawal and renegotiation. The...

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This week Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes focus on the South Korea-US free trade agreement (KORUS) and President Donald Trump’s unhappiness with it, as his administration alternates between threats of withdrawal and renegotiation. The...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the economics of trade policy. This week they focus on three big fights in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations,...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the economics of trade policy. This week they focus on three big fights in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations,...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the issues involved in President Trump’s triggering a “Section 301” investigation of China’s unfair treatment of American intellectual property. This special episode...

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the issues involved in President Trump’s triggering a “Section 301” investigation of China’s unfair treatment of American intellectual property. This special episode...

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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown introduce a weekly and geeky podcast on developments in international trade and policy. This week’s episode covers the hosts’ favorite trade (short) stories...

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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown introduce a weekly and geeky podcast on developments in international trade and policy. This week’s episode covers the hosts’ favorite trade (short) stories...