Trade Talks
Chad P. Bown
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.
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Jun 8, 2018 • 22min
41: Trump and China's "War of Saliva"
Keynes and Bown discuss a variety of Chinese perspectives of the Trump administration's trade policy.
Jun 2, 2018 • 19min
40: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Trump versus Everyone
Bown and Keynes explain the economic implications of President Trump's decision to apply steel and aluminum trade restrictions on virtually all US trading partners as of June 1, 2018. Countries have announced their plans to...
May 25, 2018 • 22min
39: Car Crash–Trump Sees More National Security Threats
Keynes and Bown talk with Kristin Dziczek (Center for Automotive Research) about President Trump's new investigation into whether imports of autos threaten American national security. They discuss the implications of potential new tariffs for the NAFTA negotiations,...
May 18, 2018 • 17min
38: ZTE, Trump, and China–What's the Fuss?
Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm's supply chain and Chinese and American...
May 9, 2018 • 23min
37: Cottoning on to Trade
Keynes and Bown talk with Professor Claudia Steinwender (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) about her research on the impact of the trans-Atlantic telegraph on trade. New information through the telegraph affected 1860s cotton price differences between...
May 2, 2018 • 30min
36: The Railroads Episode: America, India, and Intranational Trade
Keynes and Bown discuss with Dave Donaldson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) his research on how massive railroad projects—across America in the late 1800s and colonial India in the early 1900s—affected trade costs, market access, intranational...
Apr 27, 2018 • 20min
35: The Labor of NAFTA
Bown and Keynes explain controversial elements of the ongoing NAFTA negotiations that relate to jobs, wages, and workers. There are tradeoffs in the new proposals for automobile rules of origin, the enforcement of labor standards...
Apr 20, 2018 • 25min
34: So You Want To Be a Trade Negotiator
Bown and Keynes sit down with former acting deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler to learn how to negotiate trade agreements. Wendy shares 25 years of experience balancing domestic politics, while driving hard bargains with...
Apr 13, 2018 • 18min
33: Trade and Investment Talks: China Wants America's Technology
Keynes and Bown explain the Chinese economic development strategy at the core of the Trump administration's Section 301 dispute and latest tariff threats. They discuss Beijing's "Made in China 2025" industrial policy, how technology gets...
Apr 6, 2018 • 21min
32: Trump, China, and Tariffs: $3 billion, $50 billion, or $100 billion?
Keynes and Bown discuss the escalating tariff fight between President Trump and China. They update the status of Trump's "national security" tariffs on steel and aluminum as well as Beijing's retaliation over $3 billion of...
