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
Oct 11, 2021 • 45min
158. How America responded to its PPE shortage
The US reacted to COVID-19 shortfalls of hospital masks, gowns and gloves with unprecedented trade and industrial policy.
Sep 27, 2021 • 41min
157. Europe’s Trade Policy and Open Strategic Autonomy
Worried about being bullied by trading partners, the European Union is developing a host of new policy tools.
Jul 25, 2021 • 44min
156. Tackling climate change with a carbon border adjustment mechanism
CBAM! The EU proposes phasing out free permits from its emissions trading system and phasing in a carbon tax on some imports.
Jun 27, 2021 • 31min
155. How trade can break up with paper (it involves blockchain)
Legally and technologically, paper documents are essential to international trade. How that could change (it involves blockchain).
Jun 17, 2021 • 28min
154. Global Britain: How’s that going then?
A beginner's guide to the spat over Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol, plus the UK signs a new trade deal with Australia.
Jun 9, 2021 • 58min
153. Multilateral tax cooperation gets one step closer
The G7 economies agreed to a potential historic change in how governments tax multinational corporations.
Mar 22, 2021 • 36min
152. The murky world of export restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine inputs are in short supply globally. How the EU, UK, US and India are all limiting exports.
Mar 15, 2021 • 22min
151. Container shipping costs are through the roof. Who’s paying?
Companies and regulators have begun to worry about the spike in container shipping costs and pandemic-related trade disruptions.
Feb 25, 2021 • 32min
150: Is the WTO making it harder to end the pandemic?
India, South Africa, and more than 50 other countries propose changing WTO rules for vaccines and other medical supplies. Rachel Silverman (Center for Global Development) and Tom Bollyky (Council on Foreign Relations) help explain compulsory...
Feb 3, 2021 • 31min
149. Everyone Loves (or Hates) Buy America
President Biden’s first trade action was to tighten rules on what imports the US government can buy.
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