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.
Latest episodes
Jun 1, 2019 • 19min
88: Trump-Mexico Trade War Cheat Sheet
Keynes and Bown discuss Trump’s national emergency declaration and potential tariffs on $350 billion of imports from Mexico.
May 20, 2019 • 22min
87: Trump Shifts His National Security Threats (Again)
Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s latest trade action on cars and implications of his partial removal of steel and aluminum tariffs.
May 17, 2019 • 23min
86: When Is Tariff Revenue Bad Tax Revenue?
Lucie Gadenne (University of Warwick, IFS) joins Keynes and Bown to explain when and why some countries use import tariffs as an important source of total tax revenue collections. They discuss her research on the...
May 12, 2019 • 27min
85: Trump-China Negotiating Dramatics and Even More Tariffs
Keynes and Bown update the sudden change in US-China trade negotiations and implications of President Trump’s tariff escalation.
May 7, 2019 • 23min
84: Brexit, British Politics, and European Parliamentary Elections
Duncan Robinson joins to update Brexit, cleavages in British political parties, and 2019 elections to the European Parliament.
May 2, 2019 • 21min
83: Tariffs for Sale and Identity Politics
Gene Grossman joins to discuss how political economists explain trade protectionism.
Apr 27, 2019 • 29min
82: How Big Is the USMCA? It’s Uncertain
Keynes and Bown discuss the US government report and economic impact assessment of the potential NAFTA replacement.
Apr 18, 2019 • 25min
81: National Security and Trade – The Fear of Imitation
Mona Pinchis-Paulsen joins to discuss the origins and history of using national security threats to justify trade restrictions.
Apr 9, 2019 • 23min
80: Zeroing: The Biggest WTO Threat You’ve Never Heard Of (#45)
Keynes and Bown explain how a tiny part of US antidumping tariff calculations threatens the entire trading system.
Apr 6, 2019 • 28min
79: A President Explains Mexican Trade
Ernesto Zedillo joins to discuss 40 years of Mexico’s trade, the impact of import substitution policies, NAFTA, and the USMCA.
