Trade Talks
Trade Talks
20: Tariff Time! Washing Machines and Dirty Trade Policy
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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the controversy surrounding the US washing machine market and update the solar panels case, in light of President Trump’s decision to impose…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
19: GSP – Low Tariffs for Development?
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Keynes and Bown discuss the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the program rich countries use to offer lower tariffs to exporters in developing countries. They discuss a variety of programs—the now expired US GSP scheme,…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
18: Brexit--Sectoral Analyses or Impact Assessments?
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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown speak with Professor Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge) about her Brexit research. Crowley describes results from her use of information on product-level UK exports…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
17: WTO Ministerials--Now and Then
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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the December 2017 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires. They describe the contentious negotiations over India’s public stockholding…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
16. Weird Trade Barriers--Or How Trade Talks Help a Cocktail Party
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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist survey listeners and conduct interviews from the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, to describe some of the more bizarre—and fascinating—barriers to international…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
15: Is China a Non-Market Economy? Why the WTO Gets to Decide
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Keynes and Bown focus on a huge WTO dispute in which China is suing the European Union and the United States over their refusal to treat it as a market economy, meaning they will not…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
14: Trade Talks Tough: Sanctions on North Korea
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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Marcus Noland about his research on implementing trade sanctions on North Korea. First up is his recent book…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
13: Export Superstars and Billionaires: When Do Policymakers Need to Worry?
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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Caroline Freund about her research on big firms, billionaires, international trade, and economic development. First up is her…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
12: How to Save a (Pacific) Trade Deal
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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). They discuss how 11 persistent countries pulled the original TPP deal from…

Trade Talks
Trade Talks
11: The Complicated Impact of Trade...on Developing Countries
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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the impact of international trade on economic activity within developing countries like India, Vietnam, and Brazil. They talk with Professor Nina Pavcnik…