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207. What happened on Trump’s tariff day04 Apr 202500:29:16

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).

206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump16 Mar 202500:42:13

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).

205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China11 Mar 202500:33:48

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).

204. Is Europe ready for Trump?06 Mar 202500:34:32

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).

203. What if Trump halts duty-free packages from China?23 Feb 202500:37:34

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).

202. Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs are back14 Feb 202500:32:23

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).

201. Trade Talks is back. And so is President Trump.08 Feb 202500:29:51
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…
And that is all for Trade Talks30 Jan 202400:10:51
Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.
200. Has the USMCA improved working conditions in Mexico?19 Dec 202300:46:29
The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?
199. How trade economists busted corruption at the port10 Dec 202300:37:12
When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.
198. Inside Washington’s lobbying industry03 Dec 202300:33:02
What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.
197. Moving workers across Europe26 Nov 202300:45:30
How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.
196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing19 Nov 202300:28:40
Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?
195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade?12 Nov 202300:24:08
Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?
194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies for shipbuilding05 Nov 202300:41:00
A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.
193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law?29 Oct 202300:42:15
Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?
192. Will more farm trade cause more deforestation? 22 Oct 202300:27:36
As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.
191. Brazil’s trade opening and its toll on workers and crime15 Oct 202300:33:29
How Brazil’s trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.
190. Climate change, floods, and the future of auto supply chains30 Jul 202300:32:51
What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.
189. South Korea’s controversial industrial policy23 Jul 202300:34:56
How South Korea’s Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.
188. Did responsible sourcing by multinationals help workers in poor countries?16 Jul 202300:39:30
What happened to workers and others in Costa Rica when global companies imposed new responsible sourcing codes of conduct on their suppliers.
187. Industrial policy and the rise of Romania’s Silicon Valley09 Jul 202300:51:23
How a 2001 income tax break for Romanian software programmers helped transform the country’s information technology sector.
186. How US lead regulations hurt Mexican babies26 Jun 202300:31:55
Higher US lead standards in 2009 resulted in more production and pollution from Mexican plants. Nearby infants and kids suffered.
185. The historic collapse of Switzerland’s watch industry18 Jun 202300:28:36
New quartz technology and competition from Japan devastated the dominant Swiss watch industry of the 1970s. What happened next?
184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act07 May 202300:46:28
EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.
183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution30 Apr 202300:24:36
In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry’s response offers lessons for other countries.
182. Is China’s industrial policy working?23 Apr 202300:44:09
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?
181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like21 Mar 202300:45:44
How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?
180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?12 Mar 202301:10:42
How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.
179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China26 Feb 202300:35:40

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?

178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired19 Feb 202300:53:00
US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.
177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains12 Feb 202300:32:13
New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.
176. The Cold War scandal over export controls29 Jan 202300:47:36
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.
175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump’s national security tariffs22 Jan 202300:54:37
The WTO ruled against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.
174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech18 Dec 202200:27:58
New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China’s financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.
173: Did Britain’s slave trade help drive its industrial revolution?08 Dec 202200:26:54
New research reveals how Britain’s economy benefited from the brutal transatlantic slave trade and its slave holdings.
172. Peru’s “China shock”: Surprising turns and the women left behind21 Nov 202200:39:19
A flood of imports from China had an unexpected impact on the Peruvian clothing industry while discouraging Peru’s women workers.
171. What makes a supply chain resilient15 Nov 202200:37:29
New research examining India’s pandemic lockdowns sheds light on which supply chains stuck together, which broke apart, and why.
170. National security, semiconductors, and the US move to cut off China02 Nov 202200:59:34
The history behind the sudden US ban on certain exports to China, and how the policy affects the global semiconductor supply chain.
169. Taiwan’s risky trade opening and how it paid off25 Oct 202200:31:29
In the 1950s, Taiwan was the first poor economy to experiment with trade reform. How its success changed the course of history for others.
168. Did Trump’s trade war make China more protectionist?10 Oct 202200:23:05
Why it matters that Chinese public opinion toward trade and technology may have changed in response to US policy.
167. Will new US tax credits remake electric vehicle supply chains?03 Oct 202200:29:49
America’s new EV subsidies have some carmakers upset. Others are head scratching. Can supply chains diversify away from China?
166. Biden’s new Indo-Pacific talks vs. TPP21 Sep 202200:44:53
America’s last attempt at trade talks with countries in the region ended badly. How Biden’s IPEF approach is different.
165. The global minimum tax got left behind. What’s next?05 Sep 202200:46:24
The Inflation Reduction Act omits the key global minimum corporate tax agreed to by over 135 countries. Will cooperation still happen?
164. Why a notorious banana company spared workers in Costa Rica27 Jul 202200:38:48
For decades, United Fruit Company exploited banana workers across its Latin American plantations, except in Costa Rica. Why?
163. How poorer Americans ended up paying for US tariffs.19 Jul 202200:37:51
From fashion to forks to fishing reels, how US trade negotiations starting in the 1930s resulted in regressive import duties today.
162. Poor countries could once enforce WTO trade. That is now at risk.05 Jul 202200:39:58
The Advisory Centre on WTO Law made trade enforcement possible for poor countries. The Appellate Body crisis put that under threat.
161. Why sharing patents for COVID-19 medicines is not enough26 Jun 202200:42:05
Despite the Medicines Patent Pool, COVID-19 treatments remain scarce globally. Prashant Yadav explains what more is needed.
160. How Putin’s war could disrupt global food supplies15 Mar 202200:30:59
Joe Glauber explains the humanitarian crisis that looms if war cuts wheat exports from Ukraine and Russia. Soumaya Keynes says goodbye.
159. How Biden and Europe settled Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs08 Nov 202100:22:50
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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