Trade Talks

By Chad P. Bown

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 developme... more

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The podcast currently has 205 episodes available.

Trade Talks episodes:

April 30, 2023 183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution
In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry’s response offers lessons for other countries.
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25min
April 23, 2023 182. Is China’s industrial policy working?
The “Made in China 2025” subsidies both provoked a trade war and inspired similar moves by the US and other economies. But have they worked?
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45min
March 21, 2023 181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like
How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?
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46min
March 12, 2023 180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?
How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.
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1h 11min
February 26, 2023 179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China
For decades, Taiwan has limited how and how much its tech firms like TSMC could invest in mainland China. Are there lessons for the United States?
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36min
February 19, 2023 178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired
US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.
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53min
February 12, 2023 177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains
New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.
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33min
January 29, 2023 176. The Cold War scandal over export controls
The leakage of submarine technology to the Soviet Union in the 1980s has lessons for the limits to and coordination of allies’ export controls today.
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48min
January 22, 2023 175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump’s national security tariffs
The WTO ruled against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.
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55min
December 18, 2022 174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech
New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China’s financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.
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28min

FAQs about Trade Talks:

How many episodes does Trade Talks have?

The podcast currently has 205 episodes available.