In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” E.M. Wasylik Associates Managing Director Ken Wasylik discusses his approach for reaching new international markets. He highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted those efforts, such as meeting and forming connections with clients. “Whether it’s a trade mission, trade venture — basically sending some sales person to that particular market, and that’s how you built it pre-pandemic,” he said. “During the pandemic, that whole travel, that section sto...
Aug 03, 2022•15 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Bank of America executive Drew Slocum discusses how his team helps companies navigate the intricacies of international trade. “The last 18 months, what we’ve seen companies work through has been unique, different and challenges that most of our companies have never faced all at one time,” said Slocum, senior vice president and marketing manager for the company. The show touches on rising inflation and interest rates as well as supply chain and labor issu...
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Undersecretary for International Trade Diane Farrell discusses the administration’s pandemic recovery efforts. “For those of us in the international sphere, it’s not just about building back better in the United States,” she said. “It’s about how do we strategize our economic recovery, how do we take advantage of opportunities overseas, and how are we also helping our foreign partners to recover from the global impacts ...
Aug 03, 2022•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The latest episode of “Talking Trade” features a conversation with David Usher, acting consul general for Canada’s Chicago Consulate. He talks about the consulate’s role in promoting cross-border trade and economic development in Canada as well as Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri, pointing to the “very important and robust” trade connection between Canada and Wisconsin. He explains Wisconsin exports about $7.5 billion in goods to Canada each year, while it imports about $5.5 billion annually. An...
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” international trade consultant Chris Wojtowicz discusses supply chain disruptions and potential solutions. Wojtowicz is part of the Small Business Development Center at the UW Institute for Business and Entrepreneurship and is the chair of the Wisconsin District Export Council. He highlights the support available for companies looking to connect with domestic and international markets. He also touches on some of the top challenges facing small businesses...
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Michael Best Strategies Principal Mike Dankler provides an update on the latest sanctions against Russia and the effect on trade and commodity prices. “One area where the U.S. and EU and others haven’t really gone the full way is on energy,” he explained. “EU is just so reliant on Russian oil and gas that they can’t go too far yet without hurting themselves.” Dankler said it’s uncertain how long it will take for certain sanctions on Russia to have a real...
Aug 03, 2022•12 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Visthar founder Pradeep Nedungadi highlights trade opportunities for Wisconsin companies in India. His company provides consultant services for businesses looking to operate in India, which is the second most populous country in the world. “It’s a shame that the U.S. is just discovering India as a manufacturing option, and even as a trading partner in non-manufacturing businesses, only in the last 30 years,” he said. Unlike China, he explains India has b...
Aug 03, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” a UW-Madison economist and expert on Russia provides insight into the evolving conflict with Ukraine. Paul Castaneda Dower is an assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics at the university and is involved with UW-Madison’s Wisconsin Russia Project. He offers his perspective on the rationale behind Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as how it could impact global trade. “Precisely because Ukraine is so close to Russia … economically, cult...
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast The latest episode of “Talking Trade” features a conversation with Samantha Vortherms, an assistant professor of political science at University of California, Irvine. Vortherms, a 2017 graduate of UW-Madison, discusses trade relations between the United States and China with hosts M.E. Dey & Co. President Sandi Siegel and UW-Madison Professor Ian Coxhead. She highlights recent research on how trade wars impact multinational firms operating in China. “Tariffs do increase exits, but really it...
Aug 03, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast The featured guest on the latest episode of “Talking Trade” is Mark Rhoda-Reis, director of the International Agribusiness Center at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Rhoda-Reis gives an update on “quite a strong year” for ag products in the state. Based on year-to-date data from November, he said exports over most of 2021 were up 19 percent over the previous year. For the overall year, he said “we expect to be up close to that percentage amount; that’ll put us at lea...
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast The latest episode of “Talking Trade” features Rocío Rivera Barradas, consul of economic affairs at the General Consulate of Mexico in Chicago. Barradas highlights difficulties with trading with China and other Asian nations due in part to COVID-19 factors. She notes the auto industry has been struggling amid the pandemic, contrasting that with the success of the medical industry and strong Mexican beer sales in Illinois. Also due to the pandemic and challenges related to trading with China, Bar...
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” WEDC Vice President of Global Business Development Katy Sinnott highlights rising exports to some of the state’s top trade partners. Wisconsin’s exports over the past 10 months have increased 21 percent compared to the same period of 2020, with growth seen in exports to Canada, Mexico and China, she said. She noted pharmaceuticals and prepared vegetables shipped to Mexico have “increased by huge numbers,” while exports of medical and scientific equipment...
Aug 03, 2022•12 min•Ep 28•Transcript available on Metacast The latest “Talking Trade” video podcast features a conversation with Will Hsu, president of Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises. President Trump’s trade war with China and COVID-19 were doubly harsh on Wisconsin’s ginseng trade, as Talking Trade hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel learn from Hsu.
Aug 03, 2022•14 min•Ep 27•Transcript available on Metacast The latest “Talking Trade” video podcast features Mike Dankler, trade advisor for Michael Best Strategies in Washington, D. C. With a new trade agreement reached between the United States and the European Union, Talking Trade hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel discuss future trade and tariff issues with Dankler.
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Times are tough for international trade with snarled U.S. ports and, as Talking Trade hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel learn from Kohler Co. trade coordinator Julie Pojar, a patchwork of changing tariffs poses continued trade barriers.
Aug 03, 2022•10 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast It’s cranberry harvest time, and Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association Executive Director Tom Lochner chats with “Talking Trade” co-hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel about this year’s crop, supply chain issues and where cranberry exports can grow.
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel interview Ngosong Fonkem, an Appleton native with the law firm Page Fura. Fonkem discusses the Biden administration’s human rights-trade policies and his book, “Trade Crash.” Fonkem also chairs the International Practice Section of the Wisconsin State Bar.
Aug 03, 2022•13 min•Ep 23•Transcript available on Metacast Talking Trade hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel visit with Jay Nash of the Madison International Trade Association and Nash Global Trade Services for a discussion of trade trends and their impact on store shelves in coming months.
Aug 03, 2022•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel speak with Adam Sitkoff, executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sitkoff, a UW-Madison grad, tells Coxhead and Siegel of about the impact of Vice President Kamala Harris’ recent visit and warns that COVID-related issues will translate into delivery problems for holiday gifts.
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel connect with Menzie Chinn, professor of public affairs and economics with UW-Madison’s Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. Their discussion highlights the impact of shifting U.S.-China relations on international trade, including investment and competition in technology production.
Aug 03, 2022•12 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast The Talking Trade Team of Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel welcome a long-time Milwaukee business insider to add some insights into U.S. -China trade. Business dealings with China changed during the COVID pandemic, Ulice Payne president of Addison-Clifton, a global trading firm, tells Talking Trade’s Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel, and the new normal offers new business opportunity.
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” Shawn Jarosz, founder of consulting firm Trade Moves, talks about international trade issues affecting ag, organic labeling and other items with hosts Ian Coxhead and Sandi Siegel.
Aug 03, 2022•11 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” hosts UW-Madison Professor Ian Coxhead and M.E. Dey & Co. President Sandi Spiegel discuss this season’s U.S. crop production and exports. The show also features Mark Rhoda-Reis, bureau director for export and business development at the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Aug 03, 2022•12 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Adam Tindall-Schlicht, director of Port Milwaukee, talks with Sandi Siegel and Ian Coxhead of “Talking Trade” about new port developments. He also talks about the port’s role in Midwest trade and how possible rail mergers may impact Wisconsin.
Aug 03, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ian Coxhead, UW-Madison professor, and Sandi Siegel, president of M. E. Dey & Co. in Milwaukee, interview Joe Glauber, senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, about trends in U.S.-China agricultural trade affecting the Midwest.
Aug 03, 2022•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Talking Trade’s UW-Madison Prof. Ian Coxhead and M.E. Dey & Co., Pres. Sandi Siegel discuss changes afoot in east-west trade as Pres.-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office.
Aug 03, 2022•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast With the Biden administration come new views on international trade as “Talking Trade” hosts Prof. Ian Coxhead and M.E. Day & Co., President Sandi Siegel consider how quickly any new approaches might arise.
Aug 03, 2022•8 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast After the world’s largest international trade pact was signed in November, “Talking Trade” hosts Prof. Ian Coxhead and M. E. Dey & Co. President Sandi Seigel explore the treaty and why the U.S. did not join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, dominated by the People’s Republic of China.
Aug 03, 2022•7 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast With President-elect Joe Biden developing his transition team, Talking Trade’s UW-Madison Prof. Ian Coxhead, and M. E. Dey & Co. President Sandi Siegel consider how Biden’s international trade policy might not follow his predecessor’s approach.
Aug 03, 2022•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast China may view Joe Biden’s presidency as an improvement over the Trump Administration according to Talking Trade’s Kelvin Ma in his discussion of the recent election with WisPolitics.com’s Jeff Mayers.
Aug 03, 2022•7 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast 
