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
Mar 2, 2018 • 7min
28: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 4
Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 4 of this 4-episode conversation, they provide a...
Mar 2, 2018 • 17min
27: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 3
Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 3 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss concerns...
Mar 1, 2018 • 19min
26: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 2
Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 2 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss ways...
Mar 1, 2018 • 18min
25: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 1
Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown have a wide-ranging conversation with Dani Rodrik (Harvard Kennedy School) about trade agreements. In Part 1 of this 4-episode conversation, they discuss the...
Feb 21, 2018 • 36min
24: The Trump Administration Views Trade as National Security Threat
Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown explore the US Department of Commerce findings that imports of steel and aluminum threaten national security and the recommendation that President Trump impose...
Feb 15, 2018 • 21min
23: Did Protectionism Make America Great?
PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Douglas Irwin about his recent book Clashing over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy and the role...
Feb 9, 2018 • 24min
22: The Other UK Trade Deals–Brexit and Rolling over the EU’s FTAs
PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist discuss the challenges facing the UK government as it seeks negotiations separate from the Brexit talks to maintain existing market access through the...
Feb 2, 2018 • 24min
21: North American Cars–Before and After NAFTA
Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the evolution of the auto industry in North America. Long before the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1965 Canada-US...
Jan 26, 2018 • 22min
20: Tariff Time! Washing Machines and Dirty Trade Policy
Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the controversy surrounding the US washing machine market and update the solar panels case, in light of President Trump’s decision to impose...
Jan 19, 2018 • 28min
19: GSP – Low Tariffs for Development?
Keynes and Bown discuss the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the program rich countries use to offer lower tariffs to exporters in developing countries. They discuss a variety of programs—the now expired US GSP scheme,...
