Trade Talks

May 23 2024 204 ep. 29 mins 3.3k
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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 top trade geeks.

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Has the US finally borrowed too much?

May 23 2024 30 mins  
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

Jan 29 2024 10 mins  
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?

Dec 18 2023 46 mins  
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

Dec 10 2023 37 mins  
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

Dec 03 2023 33 mins  
What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.

197. Moving workers across Europe

Nov 26 2023 45 mins  
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

Nov 19 2023 28 mins  
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?

Nov 12 2023 24 mins  
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

Nov 05 2023 40 mins  
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?

Oct 29 2023 42 mins  
Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?