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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost 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 two of the world's…

Soumaya Keynes & Chad P. Bown


    • May 24, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 551 EPISODES

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    The Trade Talks podcast is an exceptional contribution to the economics discourse, providing listeners with valuable insights into the world of trade. Hosted by two renowned chroniclers of trade, Chad and Soumaya, this podcast features a wide array of guests and ensures that both sides of the trade debate are represented. The format of the podcast is enjoyable and informative, with concise information given on a variety of trade topics. It is a great resource for staying up to date on current trade news and understanding the complexities of international trade.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is the high caliber guests that are brought on to discuss various trade issues. These knowledgeable experts provide valuable insights and analysis, making each episode engaging and informative. Additionally, Chad and Soumaya ask thoughtful questions that further enhance the discussions. The hosts themselves are friendly and sharp, creating an enjoyable listening experience.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is its accessibility to both new learners in the sector as well as more experienced individuals. The discussions are presented in a way that allows beginners to grasp the current conversations in the industry, while also providing valuable insights for those already familiar with trade topics. This makes it an excellent resource for anyone interested in understanding what's happening in global trade.

    While it may not be a drawback for avid followers of trade policy, one potential downside of this podcast is its focus solely on trade-related topics. This means that those who are not particularly interested or involved in trade may find some episodes less relevant or engaging. However, given the ever-growing significance of global trade in today's interconnected world, it can be argued that everyone should have at least a basic understanding of these issues.

    In conclusion, The Trade Talks podcast is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in international trade policy. With its excellent content, knowledgeable guests, and engaging hosts, it provides listeners with a clear understanding of current trade issues and their implications. Whether you're new to the subject or already well-versed in trade matters, this podcast is a must-listen for anyone seeking to stay informed and engaged in the world of trade.



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    Latest episodes from Trade Talks

    Has the US finally borrowed too much?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 30:12


    Former Trade Talks co-host brings you her new podcast, "The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes". New episodes available on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.

    And that is all for Trade Talks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024 10:51


    Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.

    200. Has the USMCA improved working conditions in Mexico?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 46:28


    The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?

    199. How trade economists busted corruption at the port

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 37:11


    When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.

    198. Inside Washington's lobbying industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2023


    What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.

    197. Moving workers across Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023


    How the European Union's controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.

    196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023


    Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?

    195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2023


    Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?

    194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies for shipbuilding

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2023


    A new way to measure China's subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.

    193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh's new labor law?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023


    Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh's new labor law. What happened next?

    192. Will more farm trade cause more deforestation? 

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2023


    As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.

    191. Brazil's trade opening and its toll on workers and crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2023


    How Brazil's trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.

    190. Climate change, floods, and the future of auto supply chains

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023


    What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.

    189. South Korea's controversial industrial policy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023


    How South Korea's Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.

    188. Did responsible sourcing by multinationals help workers in poor countries?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023


    What happened to workers and others in Costa Rica when global companies imposed new responsible sourcing codes of conduct on their suppliers.

    187. Industrial policy and the rise of Romania's Silicon Valley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2023


    An income tax break in 2001 for Romanian software programmers helped transform the country's information technology sector.

    186. How US lead regulations hurt Mexican babies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2023


    Higher US lead standards in 2009 resulted in more production and pollution from Mexican plants. Nearby infants and kids suffered.

    185. The historic collapse of Switzerland's watch industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2023


    New quartz technology and competition from Japan devastated the dominant Swiss watch industry of the 1970s. What happened next?

    184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023 46:28


    EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.

    184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2023


    EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.

    183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023


    In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry's response offers lessons for other countries.

    183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023


    In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry's response offers lessons for other countries.

    182. Is China's industrial policy working?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023


    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?

    182. Is China's industrial policy working?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023


    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?

    181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023


    How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?

    181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023


    How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?

    180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023


    How understanding the WTO's past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China's non-market economy.

    180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023


    How understanding the WTO's past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China's non-market economy.

    179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023


    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?

    179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023


    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?

    178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023


    US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.

    178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023


    US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.

    177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023


    New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.

    177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023


    New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.

    176. The Cold War scandal over export controls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023


    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.

    176. The Cold War scandal over export controls

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023


    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.

    175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump's national security tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023


    The WTO ruled against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.

    175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump's national security tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023


    The WTO ruled against Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.

    174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022


    New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China's financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.

    174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022


    New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China's financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.

    173: Did Britain's slave trade help drive its industrial revolution?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022


    New research reveals how Britain's economy benefited from the brutal transatlantic slave trade and its slave holdings.

    173: Did Britain's slave trade help drive its industrial revolution?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2022


    New research reveals how Britain's economy benefited from the brutal transatlantic slave trade and its slave holdings.

    172. Peru's “China shock”: Surprising turns and the women left behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022


    A flood of imports from China had an unexpected impact on the Peruvian clothing industry while discouraging Peru's women workers.

    172. Peru's “China shock”: Surprising turns and the women left behind

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022


    A flood of imports from China had an unexpected impact on the Peruvian clothing industry while discouraging Peru's women workers.

    171. What makes a supply chain resilient

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022


    New research examining India's pandemic lockdowns sheds light on which supply chains stuck together, which broke apart, and why.

    171. What makes a supply chain resilient

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022


    New research examining India's pandemic lockdowns sheds light on which supply chains stuck together, which broke apart, and why.

    170. National security, semiconductors, and the US move to cut off China

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022


    The history behind the sudden US ban on certain exports to China, and how the policy affects the global semiconductor supply chain.

    170. National security, semiconductors, and the US move to cut off China

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022


    The history behind the sudden US ban on certain exports to China, and how the policy affects the global semiconductor supply chain.

    169. Taiwan's risky trade opening and how it paid off

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022


    In the 1950s, Taiwan was the first poor economy to experiment with trade reform. How its success changed the course of history for others.

    169. Taiwan's risky trade opening and how it paid off

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022


    In the 1950s, Taiwan was the first poor economy to experiment with trade reform. How its success changed the course of history for others.

    168. Did Trump's trade war make China more protectionist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022


    Why it matters that Chinese public opinion toward trade and technology may have changed in response to US policy.

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