Ep. 40: The Airing of Grievances: Choke Points and Tolls, China Leverage, Canada and Big Square States

In the latest episode of the Friday Exchange, our trade insiders look beyond the headlines to examine what’s really happening on your screens and behind the scenes in trade discussions. The importance of USCMA to “big square states”; rethinking rules of origin; critical minerals, “unfair trade practices,” and trade with China. Our discussants also looked at choke points and leverage, China and critical minerals, and is there a danger of new tit-for-tat tolls on global shippingFeatured Speakers:Introduction: Kenneth Levinson, CEO, WITA – The International Trade AssociationWendy Cutler, Senior Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Acting Deputy U.S. Trade RepresentativeMark Linscott, Senior Advisor at the Asia Group and the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum; former Assistant USTR for South and Central Asia and WTO and Multilateral AffairsChris Padilla, Senior Advisor, Brunswick Group; former Under Secretary of Commerce for International TradeKellie Meiman Hock, Senior Counselor, McLarty Associates; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Board Member, Inter-American Dialogue; former Director of Brazil and the Southern Cone, Office of the United States Trade Representative