Trade Talks
Trade Talks
Has the US finally borrowed too much?
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Former Trade Talks co-host brings you her new podcast, “The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes”. New episodes available on Apple, Spotify, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen.

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
And that is all for Trade Talks
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Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
200. Has the USMCA improved working conditions in Mexico?
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The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
199. How trade economists busted corruption at the port
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When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
198. Inside Washington’s lobbying industry
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What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
197. Moving workers across Europe
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How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing
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Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade?
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Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
194. Industrial policy detectives: China's subsidies for shipbuilding
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A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law?
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Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?