Trade Splaining

Trade Splaining

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Trade Splaining episodes

  • For Everything Else, Theres Maersk: Digital Customs, Supply Chains, Luxury Brands and China

    Lars Karlsson, Global Head of Trade and Customs at A.P. Møller – Mærsk joins hosts Ardian Mollabeciri and Robert Skidmore on Trade Splaining to talk about why we should be excited about the future of customs, which areas companies like Mærsk are focusing....and his favorite Bruce Springsteen song.

    On this episode, Ardian and Rob also discuss:

    • Continuing supply chains issues affecting the globe
  • How spending by the rich on a luxury boom is driving the US economic recovery
  • The skyrocketing prices of luxury watches
  • How China's domestic tech crackdown may have affect luxury markets
  • Whether consumer behaviour has changed due to COVID
  • Whether Brands still matter
    • 51 min
  • Commodities, Customs and Coconuts

    Al Gina, president and co-founder of CT strategies and former assistant commissioner for international trade at the US customs and border protection joins hosts Ardian Mollabeciri and Robert Skidmore on Trade Splaining to talk about how customs has changed over the past 30+ years, what are some of the challenges governments now face which people aren't aware of....and his bets memories of Staten Island

    On this episode, Ardian and Rob also discuss:

    - The latest on the UN Climate Report

    - Why surging demand for commodities and lack of supply has been great for trading firms
    - China's domestic tech crackdown
    - How the rich are getting richer in the business world almost two years after COVID 
    - Potential for increased regulation and sustainable value chains
    - The best in local news from Geneva and elsewhere

    49 min
  • Tariffs, Inflation and the G7 Global Corporate Minimum Tax

    International trade scholar Simon Evenett of the University of St. Gallen Dr. joins hosts Ardian Mollabeciri and Robert Skidmore on Trade Splaining to talk about why we should be worried about global trade restrictions, what can be done...and whether Ridley Scott really is better than Peter Jackson

    On this episode, Ardian and Rob also discuss:

    - The new G7 agreement on a global corporate minimum tax

    - How tariffs have had unintended consequences on China and Australia's trade relationship
    - China's unorthodox attempts at managing inflation at home
    - The best in local news from Geneva and elsewhere

    40 min
  • Inflation, Trade Deals...and Brexit is still a thing

    Customs and international trade expert Dr. Anna Jerzewska joins hosts Ardian Mollabeciri and Robert Skidmore on Trade Splaining to recap where we are almost six months after Brexit day, why inclusiveness is important for expanding the discussion...and vegan kebabs

    On this episode, Ardian and Rob also discuss:

    • Supply chain gluts, commodity price rises, and global inflation fears
  • The impact of Trumps tariffs
  • Switzerlands stalled deal with the EU
  • The best in local news from Geneva and elsewhere

    • Trade & Borders is a London and Geneva based customs and international trade consultancy specializing in delivering bespoke advice to a broad range of clients, offering strategic and operational support on a wide range of customs and trade policy matters to both private and public sector clients.

    https://tradeandborders.com/
    44 min
  • Trade Splaining with the Trade Guys: The New Normal for US Trade Policy

    Trade experts Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch, co-hosts of the Trade Guys podcast at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) join  hosts Ardian Mollabecir and Robert Skidmore on Trade Splaining to recap the first 100 days of President Joe Biden's Administration and talk about whether the United States' trade policy has reached a new normal and where we go from here.

    On this episode, Ardian and Rob also discuss:

    • US backing of Covid-19 vaccine waivers
  • Chinese manufactures sidestepping trade barriers via investment
  • The global chip shortage and US Commerce Secretary's response

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    The Trade Guys is hosted every week by H. Andrew Schwartz, Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C. 

    https://www.csis.org/podcasts/trade-guys 

    51 min
  • Trade, Agriculture and Climate Change: Why It's Not So Simple

    Doaa Abdel-Motaal, Senior Counsellor at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland joins Trade Splaining to talk about the not-so-obvious links between agriculture, trade and sustainability and in between opining on her favorite shawarma, offers up some counter-intuitive advice for consumers and business alike.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Respond to listener mail and introducing the newest member of the team
  • Swiss referendums with trade implications
  • New Zealand embracing automation in the agriculture sector
  • How climate change is affecting the salmon trade
  • Joe Biden's big climate climate plans
  • This week in local Geneva news
    • 45 min
  • Trade, Climate Change & Sustainability

    The TradeSplainers are joined by Ronald Steenblik, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustainable Development to talk about the links between trade, the environment and sustainability...and why its not always as clear cut as it sounds.

    On this episode we discuss:

    • Listener feedback / Hate Mail
  • Global shipping hubs brac for container deluge in the aftermath of the Suez Canal Crisis
  • United States comes under fire for "vaccine hoarding"
  • Proposed climate summit to focus on potential carbon taxes
  • Volkswagen and Porsche are all in on electric
  • Overheard at the UN Beach
  • This Week in Local News

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    41 min
  • Trade, Business and Human Rights: Why This Time It's Different

    Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Director of the Geneva University Centre for Business and Human Rights and Research Director at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights joins Trade Splaining to discuss why focusing on human rights makes total business sense for companies, what its like splitting time between New York City and Switzerland and who wins between Lidl and Aldi.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Respond to listener mail
  • New developments on the judiciary front for businesses that violate human rights legislation
  • Nike facing social media backlash in China over Xinjiang
  • The Evergreen Ever Given, the Suez Canal and the plumbing of trade
  • Return of the UN Word of the Day
  • This week in local Geneva news
    • 46 min
  • Services Trade, Globalization and Why Trade Policy Matters

    Pierre Sauvé, Senior Trade Specialist at the World Bank joins Trade Splaining to discuss why services trade is different and how trade policy can help smooth out trade liberalizations rough edges.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Respond to listener mail
  • New leadership at the WTO and UNCTAD
  • Facebook, Google and Australia
  • Covid-induced disruptions in trade patterns
  • Apple car in the news
  • This week in local Geneva news
    • 40 min

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