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Sep 11, 2020 • 18min

138. Trade and the worst financial crisis of the century—in 1866

London’s central role in 19th century trade finance meant that its bank failure had effects for decades.
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Aug 31, 2020 • 33min

137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade

China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.
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Aug 13, 2020 • 24min

136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic

Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.
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Jul 28, 2020 • 29min

135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO

What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.
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Jul 10, 2020 • 39min

134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century

Economic gains for America’s Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.
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Jun 29, 2020 • 44min

133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade

Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.
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Jun 21, 2020 • 28min

132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators

How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.
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Jun 11, 2020 • 28min

131. How travel matters for trade

Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.
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May 31, 2020 • 33min

130. So you want to design a tariff schedule…

Making sense of the ‘Global Tariffs’ that the UK will begin to apply to thousands of imported products after Brexit is complete.
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May 15, 2020 • 26min

129. Operation Quack Hack: Are China’s medical supplies safe to trade?

Faulty Chinese medical gear emerges, as both the US and China adjust their product regulations in response to the pandemic.

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