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Trade Talks

Chad P. Bowntradetalkspodcast.com
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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Episodes

40: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Trump versus Everyone

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...

Jun 02, 201819 min

39: Car Crash–Trump Sees More National Security Threats

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,...

May 25, 201822 min

38: ZTE, Trump, and China–What's the Fuss?

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...

May 18, 201817 min

37: Cottoning on to Trade

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...

May 09, 201823 min

36: The Railroads Episode: America, India, and Intranational Trade

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...

May 02, 201830 min

35: The Labor of NAFTA

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...

Apr 27, 201820 min

34: So You Want To Be a Trade Negotiator

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...

Apr 20, 201825 min

33: Trade and Investment Talks: China Wants America's Technology

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...

Apr 13, 201818 min

30: Trade Talks to Real People

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....

Mar 15, 201825 min

23: Did Protectionism Make America Great?

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...

Feb 15, 201821 min

21: North American Cars–Before and After NAFTA

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...

Feb 02, 201824 min

20: Tariff Time! Washing Machines and Dirty Trade Policy

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...

Jan 26, 201822 min

19: GSP – Low Tariffs for Development?

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,...

Jan 19, 201828 min

18: Brexit–Sectoral Analyses or Impact Assessments?

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...

Jan 09, 201824 min

17: WTO Ministerials–Now and Then

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...

Dec 21, 201729 min

14: Trade Talks Tough: Sanctions on North Korea

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...

Nov 30, 201729 min

12: How to Save a (Pacific) Trade Deal

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...

Nov 16, 201720 min

11: The Complicated Impact of Trade…on Developing Countries

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...

Nov 09, 201730 min
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