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Security Economics
by Peter Harrell
A podcast about the intersection of national security and economics. Hosted by Peter Harrell
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Liberation Year in Review: Greta and Brad talk trade a year after Liberation Day
CFR's Brad Setser and Wiley Rein's Greta Peisch join Security Economics to look back at the year of trade and tariff news since Trump's proclaimed "Liberation Day" on April 2, 2025. The episode unpacks economic developments, trade deals, China, and where we might be headed in the year ahead.
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Sahar and Arnab join to talk critical minerals
Security Economics is back! And we have a great episode for the reboot, on critical minerals. The Trump Administration is doing a lot on critical minerals across both the domestic and international arenas. To help break it all down, Sahar Hafeez of Pillsbury and Arnab Datta of IFP join to talk...
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Tax and National Security
Tax is an essential element of U.S. national security. The U.S. tax code can drive investments in strategic industries, and of course the U.S. has to pay for its defense and national security apparatus somehow. Georgetown Law Professor Itai Grinberg joins Security Economics to talk about why tax...
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Trump's new global trade regime is here!
Security Economics Host Peter Harrell and CFR's Brad Setser break down Trump's August 1 tariff blitz, setting in place many of the higher tariff rates Trump initially threatened in April. We also talk Trump's recent "trade deals"--what is real, and what is not--and gaze in the trade crystal ball…
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Security Economics Talks Investment Screening & Steel
With President Trump's announcement that he will let Japanese company Nippon Steel buy storied U.S. steelmaker U.S. steel, Security Economics dives into investment screening--how it the process works, what it looks at, and where it might be headed. And of course we talk about the "golden share"...
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Daleep Singh talks a U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Trump Administration is exploring the creation of an American sovereign wealth fund to make strategic investments for the U.S.--and possibly to hold stakes in things like TikTok. With news expected about the fund in the coming weeks, former White House official Daleep Singh joins Security...
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Peter and Brad Setser Discuss "Liberation Day" Tariffs
Peter and CFR’s Brad Setser discuss Trump's “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, including what Trump’s goals are, how bad the economic impacts might get, and what to expect from foreign retaliation. In short: the tariffs are broader and quicker than most of us expected, and the impacts might be...
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Jason Furman Joins Security Economics
Harvard Professor and former White House Council of Economic Advisors Chair Jason Furman joins Security Economics to talk tariffs, President Biden's economic legacy, national security industrial policy, AI regulation, and export controls. Plus, just a bit of crypto. Furman had a recent article in...
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More tariffs! And can America build ships?
Two topics and two guests today. First, more tariffs! And then--can American build ships again? CFR’s Brad Setser joins to discuss all things trade war: whether we can see an emerging Trump tariff strategy, how Trump’s 2017 tax bill combined with new tariffs on pharmaceutical imports means the…
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CJ Mahoney Joins Security Economics
It was another busy #TariffWeek, alongside news out of the AI Summit in Paris. C.J. Mahoney, who served as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative during Trump's first term, joins Security Economics to talk trade, AI, and how life on the west coast is different from his time in D.C. C.J. Mahoney…
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Brad Setser on Trump's New Trade War
Brad Setser, Whitney Shepardson Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins host Peter Harrell to make sense of President Trump's Feb. 1 tariff announcements, and what might come next.
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