Trade Talks
Business & Economics Podcasts
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.
Location:
Washington DC, DC
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@Trade__Talks
Language:
English
Contact:
202328900
Email:
webmaster@piie.com
Episodes
184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
5/7/2023
EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.
Duration:00:46:26
183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution
4/30/2023
In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industry’s response offers lessons for other countries.
Duration:00:24:34
182. Is China’s industrial policy working?
4/23/2023
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?
Duration:00:44:05
181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like
3/21/2023
How do we reconcile “record-level” US-China imports and exports when tariffs remain on more than half of trade between the two economies?
Duration:00:45:41
180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?
3/12/2023
How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.
Duration:01:10:38
179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China
2/26/2023
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?
Duration:00:35:37
178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired
2/19/2023
US sanctions on European allies repeatedly failed to stop Russian gas pipelines, harmed transatlantic ties, and undermined US policy.
Duration:00:52:54
177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains
2/12/2023
New research examines how NGOs, consumers, and major retailers responded to the outrage following the 2013 tragedy in Bangladesh.
Duration:00:32:11
176. The Cold War scandal over export controls
1/29/2023
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.
Duration:00:47:33
175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump’s national security tariffs
1/22/2023
The WTO ruled against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, dragging the organization into thorny national security issues.
Duration:00:54:33
174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech
12/18/2022
New super apps and other internet-enabled technologies have transformed China’s financial sector, with global implications, says Martin Chorzempa.
Duration:00:27:56
173: Did Britain’s slave trade help drive its industrial revolution?
12/8/2022
New research reveals how Britain’s economy benefited from the brutal transatlantic slave trade and its slave holdings.
Duration:00:26:56
172. Peru’s “China shock”: Surprising turns and the women left behind
11/21/2022
A flood of imports from China had an unexpected impact on the Peruvian clothing industry while discouraging Peru’s women workers.
Duration:00:39:17
171. What makes a supply chain resilient
11/15/2022
New research examining India’s pandemic lockdowns sheds light on which supply chains stuck together, which broke apart, and why.
Duration:00:37:27
170. National security, semiconductors, and the US move to cut off China
11/2/2022
The history behind the sudden US ban on certain exports to China, and how the policy affects the global semiconductor supply chain.
Duration:00:45:16
169. Taiwan’s risky trade opening and how it paid off
10/25/2022
In the 1950s, Taiwan was the first poor economy to experiment with trade reform. How its success changed the course of history for others.
Duration:00:31:27
168. Did Trump’s trade war make China more protectionist?
10/10/2022
Why it matters that Chinese public opinion toward trade and technology may have changed in response to US policy.
Duration:00:23:03
167. Will new US tax credits remake electric vehicle supply chains?
10/3/2022
America’s new EV subsidies have some carmakers upset. Others are head scratching. Can supply chains diversify away from China?
Duration:00:29:47
166. Biden’s new Indo-Pacific talks vs. TPP
9/21/2022
America’s last attempt at trade talks with countries in the region ended badly. How Biden’s IPEF approach is different.
Duration:00:44:51
165. The global minimum tax got left behind. What’s next?
9/5/2022
The Inflation Reduction Act omits the key global minimum corporate tax agreed to by over 135 countries. Will cooperation still happen?
Duration:00:46:21