Trade Talks

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• 216. How to Win a Trade War, with friends 26.05.2026 32分

  In a trade podcast mashup, Bill Reinsch and Scott Miller (The Trade Guys) join Trade Talks to interview Soumaya and Chad about the Keynes & Bown new book, How to Win a Trade War (32:07).
• 215. How China's trade is holding back developing countries 19.05.2026 27分

  Arvind Subramanian (PIIE) explains how poorer countries are being squeezed by China's failure to grow out of many industries important to their economic development (27:44).
• 214. Europe's trade war with China 10.05.2026 45分

  Finbarr Bermingham (South China Morning Post) joins to explain how the European Union is using tariffs, cybersecurity, product bans, and industrial policy in its own trade war with China, as well as how China is not backing down (45:04).
• 213. Ups and downs at the Port of Los Angeles 04.05.2026 35分

  Chad visits the Port of Los Angeles, the largest container port in North America, and speaks with its Executive Director, Gene Seroka, for an update on US trade with China, as well as the impact on the Port of the recent tariffs, the war in Iran, automation, and AI (35.54).
• 212. America's semiconductor policy and the AI race with China 28.04.2026 56分

  Former CHIPS program chief economist Dan Kim (TechInsights) joins for a wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence and US semiconductors policy – including the CHIPS Act subsidies, tariffs, and export controls – as well as its impact on US-China technology competition (56:47).
• 211. How one small American manufacturer is dealing with Trump's tariffs 19.04.2026 34分

  Sam Cooper, the owner of Klear Vu, a company that makes seat cushions in Massachusetts and imports fabric from China, joins for a candid explanation about the impact of the US tariffs in 2025 on the company's supply chain, pricing, and other decisions (34:19).
• 210. What is America's problem with the WTO? 10.04.2026 33分

  Former US ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Maria Pagán joins for a wide-ranging conversation about US government concerns with the WTO, the Trump administration's actions so far, and the failures of the recent ministerial conference in Cameroon (33:00).
• 209. Will Trump's pharmaceutical tariffs lower prices and secure supply chains? 07.04.2026 30分

  Thomas J. Bollyky (Council on Foreign Relations) joins to explain the problems facing the US pharmaceutical market, the Trump administration's new tariffs and pricing deal with the United Kingdom, and the impact on American drug prices as well as supply chain security (30:10).
• 208. It's been one year since Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs 01.04.2026 22分

  Aime Williams (Financial Times) joins Chad Bown to help explain what has happened since President Trump's sweeping April 2, 2025 tariff announcement. They discuss the surprises in the US import and export data from 2025, trading partner retaliation, the deals, and what comes next after the Supreme Court's February 2026 decision  (22:01).
• 207. What happened on Trump's tariff day 04.04.2025 29分

  Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times) joins to cohost an emergency episode explaining President Trump's sweeping April 2 tariff announcement. Bown and Keynes turn to Douglas A. Irwin on history, Maurice Obstfeld on the US dollar, and Kathleen Claussen on law to clarify what we know about the tariff actions so far (29:14).
• 206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump 16.03.2025 42分

  Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (City University of New York) joins for a wide-ranging conversation on historical lessons as well as some new thinking about international trade, the "agglomeration economies" driving geographically concentrated production, industrial policy, as well as the policy environment under President Trump (42:12).
• 205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China 11.03.2025 33分

  A potential US-Ukraine critical minerals agreement is only the latest effort to address security concerns over US sourcing of critical minerals from China. America's previous top diplomat for critical minerals, Geoff Pyatt (former Assistant Secretary of State, former US ambassador to Ukraine) joins to explain (33.47).
• 204. Is Europe ready for Trump? 06.03.2025 34分

  Europe had a rocky ride during President Trump's first term, but it was largely spared from significant tariffs. The world is different this time around. Former European Commission trade official Rupert Schlegelmilch joins to explain (34:32).
• 203. What if Trump halts duty-free packages from China? 23.02.2025 37分

  Shipments of small packages from China have skyrocketed, but the de minimis policy that excludes them from tariffs may end. Chris Casey (Congressional Research Service) joins to explore the history of the US de minimis policy and Amit Khandelwal (Yale University) shares economic research into the question of what happens if the policy ends (37:33).
• 202. Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs are back 14.02.2025 32分

  President Trump first imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum in 2018, but this time it's different. Ana Swanson (New York Times) joins to explain (32:23).
• 201. Trade Talks is back. And so is President Trump. 08.02.2025 29分

  Tariffs from the new President call for an emergency relaunch of the longstanding trade podcast. Aime Williams (Financial Times) joins to explain what happened with Canada, Mexico, and China (29:50). Read more…
• And that is all for Trade Talks 30.01.2024 10分

  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? 19.12.2023 46分

  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 10.12.2023 37分

  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 03.12.2023 33分

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