Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost 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 two of the world's top trade geeks.
https://www.tradetalkspodcast.com/
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81: National Security and Trade – The Fear of Imitation
Mona Pinchis-Paulsen joins to discuss the origins and history of using national security threats to justify trade restrictions.
80: Zeroing: The Biggest WTO Threat You’ve Never Heard Of (#45)
Keynes and Bown explain how a tiny part of US antidumping tariff calculations threatens the entire trading system.
79: A President Explains Mexican Trade
Ernesto Zedillo joins to discuss 40 years of Mexico’s trade, the impact of import substitution policies, NAFTA, and the USMCA.
78: Trade Talks Does Its Taxes
Kimberly Clausing joins Keynes and Bown to discuss today’s economic and policy challenges in taxing multinational companies.
77: Happy Tariffversary
Keynes and Bown discuss new research on the economics and politics behind President Trump’s tariffs and the resulting retaliation.
76: Trump versus India: Fighting over Which Poor Countries Are Special
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
75: A US-China Farm Subsidy Fight at the WTO
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 imp
74: Trade Talks Tough – Sanctions on North Korea (#14)
Keynes and Bown replay their November 2017 interview with Marcus Noland (PIIE) about his research on implementing trade sanctions on North Korea. First up is his recent book with Stephan Haggard (PIIE) “Hard Target: Sanctions,...
73: Soybeans and the Trade War Fallout
Keynes and Bown discuss the economics of soybeans, a major American export targeted by Chinese tariffs as part of the ongoing US-China trade war. Keynes visits farms in Iowa, and the two explain the impact...
73: Soybeans and the Trade War Fallout
Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown discuss the economics of soybeans, a major American export targeted by Chinese tariffs as part of the ongoing US-China trade war. Keynes visits farms in Iowa, and the two explain the impact of competition from Argentina and B