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Trade Talks — 210 episodes
207. What happened on Trump’s tariff day
206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump
205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China
204. Is Europe ready for Trump?
203. What if Trump halts duty-free packages from China?
202. Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs are back
201. Trade Talks is back. And so is President Trump.
And that is all for Trade Talks
200. Has the USMCA improved working conditions in Mexico?
199. How trade economists busted corruption at the port
198. Inside Washington’s lobbying industry
197. Moving workers across Europe
196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing
195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade?
194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies for shipbuilding
193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law?
192. Will more farm trade cause more deforestation?
191. Brazil’s trade opening and its toll on workers and crime
190. Climate change, floods, and the future of auto supply chains
189. South Korea’s controversial industrial policy
188. Did responsible sourcing by multinationals help workers in poor countries?
187. Industrial policy and the rise of Romania’s Silicon Valley
186. How US lead regulations hurt Mexican babies
185. The historic collapse of Switzerland’s watch industry
184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution
182. Is China’s industrial policy working?
181. US-China trade war fallout: This is what decoupling looks like
180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?
179. Why Taiwan restricts high-tech investment into China
178. Why sanctions to stop Russian gas pipelines backfired
177. How the Rana Plaza factory collapse changed global supply chains
176. The Cold War scandal over export controls
175. The dreaded WTO ruling on Trump’s national security tariffs
174. The incredible rise of Chinese fintech
173: Did Britain’s slave trade help drive its industrial revolution?
172. Peru’s “China shock”: Surprising turns and the women left behind
171. What makes a supply chain resilient
170. National security, semiconductors, and the US move to cut off China
169. Taiwan’s risky trade opening and how it paid off
168. Did Trump’s trade war make China more protectionist?
167. Will new US tax credits remake electric vehicle supply chains?
166. Biden’s new Indo-Pacific talks vs. TPP
165. The global minimum tax got left behind. What’s next?
164. Why a notorious banana company spared workers in Costa Rica
163. How poorer Americans ended up paying for US tariffs.
162. Poor countries could once enforce WTO trade. That is now at risk.
161. Why sharing patents for COVID-19 medicines is not enough
160. How Putin’s war could disrupt global food supplies
159. How Biden and Europe settled Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs
158. How America responded to its PPE shortage
157. Europe’s Trade Policy and Open Strategic Autonomy
156. Tackling climate change with a carbon border adjustment mechanism
155. How trade can break up with paper (it involves blockchain)
154. Global Britain: How’s that going then?
153. Multilateral tax cooperation gets one step closer
152. The murky world of export restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines
151. Container shipping costs are through the roof. Who’s paying?
150: Is the WTO making it harder to end the pandemic?
149. Everyone Loves (or Hates) Buy America
148. The EU’s new trade policy, with Sabine Weyand of DG Trade
147. What’s in the new EU-UK trade deal? Brexperts explain
146. Semiconductors and US export bans – from Huawei to SMIC
145. Xinjiang’s forced labor, supply chains, and trade sanctions
144. Trade policy transitions, with Ambassador Susan Schwab
143. RCEP – Separating fact from friction
142. Can Biden Make Trade Boring Again?
141. Britain’s Trade Policy, 1815-2016
140. Is shipping ship-shape?
139. How Technology Enabled Trade: Digitization and Offshoring
138. Trade and the worst financial crisis of the century—in 1866
137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade
136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic
135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO
134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century
133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade
132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators
131. How travel matters for trade
130. So you want to design a tariff schedule…
129. Operation Quack Hack: Are China’s medical supplies safe to trade?
128. Beautiful Trade in Ugly Times
127. The COVID-19 Trade Collapse: Lessons from 2009?
126. COVID-19 and Trade: Stories from the Data
125. Coronavirus and Trade Restrictions
124. Is Trade Bad for Women?
123. Coronavirus: From Quarantine to Trade
122. Tariffs, Protests and Wine
121. Can Infant Industry Protection Work? Evidence from Napoleon
120. Extreme Trade: The Rise and Fall of Glasgow’s Shipbuilding
119. Stock Markets, the Economy, and Trump’s Trade Policy Uncertainty
118. Ins and Outs of the US-China Phase-One Trade Deal
117. Trump’s Import Tariffs Have Hurt US Exports
116. Fish Subsidies. What’s the Catch?
115. The Trade War and US Elections
114: US and China Announce a Phase-One Deal
113: How and Why Congressional Democrats Tweaked the USMCA
112: Forensic Subsidies Detectives and Trade Disputes
111: Trade Policy Under Trump
110: Will 3D Printing Increase Trade? Hear All About It
109: A Different US-China Fight Hits the Headlines
108: Making Services Trade Great
107: Bombed Embassies and Document Leaks – How China Got into the WTO
106: Trump’s Mini-Deal with China
105: Aircraft Subsidy Disputes: How These Tariffs Are Different
104: How to Hit Currency Manipulators and Fight the Strong Dollar
103: US-China Trade War from the Trenches
102: Is Trump Beating the Chinese Economy?
101: Huawei, National Security, and the Trade War
100: Sneaking Up on a No-Deal Brexit
99: The Surprising Story of the US Trade Deficit with South Korea
98: What’s Wrong with Germany’s Trade Surplus?
97: Watching China’s Human Rights
96: Trump’s Next China Tariffs and Fears in the Global Economy
95: Is China a Currency Manipulator?
94: The Fed and the Trade War, with Adam Posen
93: US Trade Policy Before Trump, with Ambassador Michael Froman
92: Japan and South Korea: Old Wounds, New Trade Fight
91: Can Trade Adjustment Assistance Work?
90: Trade policy the Asian way, with Mari Pangestu
89: The Migration Crisis Behind Trump’s Mexico Tariff Threat
88: Trump-Mexico Trade War Cheat Sheet
87: Trump Shifts His National Security Threats (Again)
86: When Is Tariff Revenue Bad Tax Revenue?
85: Trump-China Negotiating Dramatics and Even More Tariffs
84: Brexit, British Politics, and European Parliamentary Elections
83: Tariffs for Sale and Identity Politics
82: How Big Is the USMCA? It’s Uncertain
81: National Security and Trade – The Fear of Imitation
80: Zeroing: The Biggest WTO Threat You’ve Never Heard Of (#45)
79: A President Explains Mexican Trade
78: Trade Talks Does Its Taxes
77: Happy Tariffversary
76: Trump versus India: Fighting over Which Poor Countries Are Special
75: A US-China Farm Subsidy Fight at the WTO
74: Trade Talks Tough – Sanctions on North Korea (#14)
73: Soybeans and the Trade War Fallout
72: Richard Baldwin on Disruption, Technology and Trade
71: Money Matters for Trade
70: Nicholas Lardy on the Chinese Economy
69: Slowbalization
68: Brexit Votes for Uncertainty
67: Blood Trade
66: Paul Krugman Talks Trade
65: What Would a Trump-China Deal Look Like?
64: (Trade) Dealing with Europe
63: Can Trump and the EU Strike a Deal?
62: Randomized Trade
61: Trade, Firms, Profits, and Market Power: It’s Complicated
60: America May Be Doing Away with WTO Dispute Settlement
59: A Hard Border from History
58: Woodward. Trump. Fear. Trade Is Bad.
57: It’s Fun to Discuss the USMCA—the New NAFTA
56: Do You Like Trade? Tariffs? Trade Deals? China?
55: Is India a Trade Troublemaker?
54: Can Trump Withdraw from Trade Deals?
53: Oh NAFTA–It’s Canada’s Turn
52: NAFTA “Deal Fever”
51: Trade at the White House in Not So Normal Times
50: Aluminum Made in the USA
49: Are Trump’s Steel Quotas Worse than His Steel Tariffs?
48: Trump Buys the Farmers
47: WTO S.O.S.–Save our System
46: How Do Trump’s Tariffs Stack Up Historically?
45: Zeroing: The Biggest WTO Threat You’ve Never Heard Of
44: Brexit Two Years On
43: Costing Trump’s China Tariffs
42: Trump and Tariff Tweets: It’s More Complicated Than That
41: Trump and China’s “War of Saliva”
40: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Trump versus Everyone
39: Car Crash–Trump Sees More National Security Threats
38: ZTE, Trump, and China–What’s the Fuss?
37: Cottoning on to Trade
36: The Railroads Episode: America, India, and Intranational Trade
35: The Labor of NAFTA
34: So You Want To Be a Trade Negotiator
33: Trade and Investment Talks: China Wants America’s Technology
32: Trump, China, and Tariffs: $3 billion, $50 billion, or $100 billion?
31: Trade Wars and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff: What Really Happened?
30: Trade Talks to Real People
29: After Trump’s Tariffs: Retaliation, Negotiation, and Litigation
28: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 4
27: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 3
26: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 2
25: What Are Trade Deals For? Dani Rodrik Does Trade Talks, Part 1
24: The Trump Administration Views Trade as National Security Threat
23: Did Protectionism Make America Great?
22: The Other UK Trade Deals–Brexit and Rolling over the EU’s FTAs
21: North American Cars–Before and After NAFTA
20: Tariff Time! Washing Machines and Dirty Trade Policy
19: GSP – Low Tariffs for Development?
18: Brexit–Sectoral Analyses or Impact Assessments?
17: WTO Ministerials–Now and Then
16. Weird Trade Barriers–Or How Trade Talks Help a Cocktail Party
15: Is China a Non-Market Economy? Why the WTO Gets to Decide
14: Trade Talks Tough: Sanctions on North Korea
13: Export Superstars and Billionaires: When Do Policymakers Need to Worry?
12: How to Save a (Pacific) Trade Deal
11: The Complicated Impact of Trade…on Developing Countries
10: What If the UK Crashed into a No-Deal Brexit?
9: Happy 70th GATTiversary–The Origins of Multilateral Trade
8: NAFTA Time Out–Unsurprisingly Unconventional
7: Tariffs, Subsidies, and Not-So-Friendly Skies
6: Uncertainty and Trade Deals–Not Good
5: Solar Tariffs, Clean Energy (and Trump)
4: Holding the WTO Hostage, Trump Style
3: Nerves of Steel: Waiting for Trump’s Trade War
2: Trump Threatens the South Korea-US Trade Deal
1: NAFTAnomics: The Economics of Three Big Fights
Special Episode: Trump’s Unfair Trade Action against China
0: Introduction to the Weekly Podcast