Trade Talks 140. Is shipping ship-shape? October 12, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt10122020a/tt10122020a.mp3 Trade Talks 140. Is shipping ship-shape? Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Containerized shipping is an odd business in normal times. What happens when you add a pandemic and a trade war?
Trade Talks 139. How Technology Enabled Trade: Digitization and Offshoring September 24, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt09242020/tt09242020.mp3 Trade Talks 139. How Technology Enabled Trade: Digitization and Offshoring Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed At the turn of the century, electronic communication suddenly helped firms fragment production, but only some went overseas.
Trade Talks 138. Trade and the worst financial crisis of the century—in 1866 September 11, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt09112020/tt09112020.mp3 Trade Talks 138. Trade and the worst financial crisis of the century—in 1866 Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed London’s central role in 19th century trade finance meant that its bank failure had effects for decades.
Trade Talks 137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade August 31, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt08312020/tt08312020.mp3 Trade Talks 137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.
Trade Talks 136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic August 13, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt08132020/tt08132020.mp3 Trade Talks 136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.
Trade Talks 135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO July 28, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt07282020/tt07282020.mp3 Trade Talks 135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.
Trade Talks 134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century July 10, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt07102020/tt07102020.mp3 Trade Talks 134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Economic gains for America’s Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.
Trade Talks 133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade June 29, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt06282020/tt06282020.mp3 Trade Talks 133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.
Trade Talks 132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators June 21, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt06212020/tt06212020.mp3 Trade Talks 132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.
Trade Talks 131. How travel matters for trade June 11, 2020 https://archive.org/download/tt06112020/tt06112020.mp3 Trade Talks 131. How travel matters for trade Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.