15: Is China a Non-Market Economy? Why the WTO Gets to Decide

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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…

14: Trade Talks Tough: Sanctions on North Korea

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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…

13: Export Superstars and Billionaires: When Do Policymakers Need to Worry?

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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…

12: How to Save a (Pacific) Trade Deal

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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…

11: The Complicated Impact of Trade…on Developing Countries

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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…

10: What If the UK Crashed into a No-Deal Brexit?

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10: What If the UK Crashed into a No-Deal Brexit?
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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist examine what a no-deal Brexit would look like, or the economic implications if Britain were to split from the European Union without a…

9: Happy 70th GATTiversary–The Origins of Multilateral Trade

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9: Happy 70th GATTiversary--The Origins of Multilateral Trade
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On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the origins of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. They speak…

8: NAFTA Time Out–Unsurprisingly Unconventional

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8: NAFTA Time Out--Unsurprisingly Unconventional
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Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the economic tension arising through the ongoing NAFTA—or North American Free Trade Agreement—talks between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The…

7: Tariffs, Subsidies, and Not-So-Friendly Skies

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7: Tariffs, Subsidies, and Not-So-Friendly Skies
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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss an ongoing trade dispute involving large civil aircraft jets, Bombardier and Boeing, as well as the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom,…

6: Uncertainty and Trade Deals–Not Good

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6: Uncertainty and Trade Deals--Not Good
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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus this week on the costs of increased uncertainty generated by President Trump’s threat to rip up US trade agreements as well as…