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151. Container shipping costs are through the roof. Who’s paying?
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Companies and regulators have begun to worry about the spike in container shipping costs and pandemic-related trade disruptions.
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149. Everyone Loves (or Hates) Buy America
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President Biden’s first trade action was to tighten rules on what imports the US government can buy.
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148. The EU’s new trade policy, with Sabine Weyand of DG Trade
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Sabine Weyand joins to discuss EU trade policy, transatlantic cooperation and conflict, China, forced labor, WTO, climate and more.
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147. What's in the new EU-UK trade deal? Brexperts explain
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The EU and UK announce their long-awaited trade agreement formalizing Brexit. What is covered, and what is still to be negotiated.
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146. Semiconductors and US export bans - from Huawei to SMIC
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How and why the United States is banning exports of semiconductors, software and tools to some of the world’s largest companies.
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145. Xinjiang’s forced labor, supply chains, and trade sanctions
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Concerns escalate that forced labor and other crimes against humanity are taking place in Xinjiang, China.
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144. Trade policy transitions, with Ambassador Susan Schwab
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From tariff leverage to trade deals, a former USTR explains how the baton is handed from one American administration to the next.
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143. RCEP – Separating fact from friction
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China, Japan, South Korea and 12 other Asian countries finally signed that mega-trade deal. Here’s what’s in it.
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142. Can Biden Make Trade Boring Again?
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The incoming US administration inherits a big trade agenda. Who will lead it and how much of it will they do?
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141. Britain’s Trade Policy, 1815-2016
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From Corn Laws to Imperial Preferences to joining the EEC, Britain’s current trade policy conundrum has echoes from the past.