143. RCEP – Separating fact from friction
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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Trade Talks
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.
Episodes
142. Can Biden Make Trade Boring Again?
The incoming US administration inherits a big trade agenda. Who will lead it and how much of it will they do?
141. Britain’s Trade Policy, 1815-2016
From Corn Laws to Imperial Preferences to joining the EEC, Britain’s current trade policy conundrum has echoes from the past.
140. Is shipping ship-shape?
Containerized shipping is an odd business in normal times. What happens when you add a pandemic and a trade war?
139. How Technology Enabled Trade: Digitization and Offshoring
At the turn of the century, electronic communication suddenly helped firms fragment production, but only some went overseas.
138. Trade and the worst financial crisis of the century—in 1866
London’s central role in 19th century trade finance meant that its bank failure had effects for decades.
137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade
China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.
136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.
135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO
What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.
134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century
Economic gains for America’s Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.
133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade
Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.
132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators
How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.
131. How travel matters for trade
Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.
130. So you want to design a tariff schedule…
Making sense of the ‘Global Tariffs’ that the UK will begin to apply to thousands of imported products after Brexit is complete.
129. Operation Quack Hack: Are China’s medical supplies safe to trade?
Faulty Chinese medical gear emerges, as both the US and China adjust their product regulations in response to the pandemic.
128. Beautiful Trade in Ugly Times
In good times, cosmetics are a logistical challenge, as dangerous goods go from ideas to store shelves. Now come the hard times.
127. The COVID-19 Trade Collapse: Lessons from 2009?
Understanding the Great Trade Collapse of 2009 may help anticipate the impending decline in exports and imports today.
126. COVID-19 and Trade: Stories from the Data
How companies are coping (or not) with the massive disruption in global trade flows due to COVID-19.
125. Coronavirus and Trade Restrictions
Countries try to beat COVID-19 by limiting exports of medical supplies and cutting tariffs.
124. Is Trade Bad for Women?
Does globalization contribute to the gender wage gap? Beata Javorcik joins to explain one overlooked channel.
123. Coronavirus: From Quarantine to Trade
Simon Rabinovitch joins from China to discuss the economic, trade, and supply chain implications of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19.
122. Tariffs, Protests and Wine
A Washington protest march and the wine industry illustrate the impact of US tariffs on American small businesses.
121. Can Infant Industry Protection Work? Evidence from Napoleon
How the Napoleonic Blockade helps economists see whether temporary protection from trade can further industrial development.
120. Extreme Trade: The Rise and Fall of Glasgow’s Shipbuilding
What is the Glasgow effect? Richard Davies explains, and tells the gripping economic story of the Scottish city’s boom and bust.
119. Stock Markets, the Economy, and Trump’s Trade Policy Uncertainty
Nick Bloom joins to discuss policy uncertainty under President Trump and implications for the economy and stock market.
118. Ins and Outs of the US-China Phase-One Trade Deal
Two former and longtime USTR negotiators join to explain the details of the new US-China trade agreement.
117. Trump’s Import Tariffs Have Hurt US Exports
New evidence reveals Trump’s import tariffs are contributing to the recent slowdown in US exports.
116. Fish Subsidies. What’s the Catch?
Why is the WTO struggling to negotiate limits to fisheries subsidies? As always, it's complicated.
115. The Trade War and US Elections
New research shows how Trump’s trade war may have cost Republican seats in the 2018 election for the US House of Representatives.
114: US and China Announce a Phase-One Deal
Trump’s USTR provides some details of what has been agreed, including tariff cuts, purchases and structural reforms.