Trade Talks
137. Imbalances, Inequality, and Trade
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China, the US and Germany each suffer from inequality and trade imbalances. Their linkages, and how policymakers try to fix them.
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136. Vaccine economics, and why we need trade to end the pandemic
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala explains one way to solve the economic problem of how to manufacture and globally distribute a vaccine.
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135. All you need to know about the race to lead the WTO
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What people want from the next leader of the World Trade Organization.
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134. Opportunities and setbacks for Black workers in the 20th century
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Economic gains for America’s Black workers stalled in the 1970s. The role of migration, policy and trade.
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133. How one man and some metal boxes revolutionized global trade
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Malcom McLean spurred containerized shipping in the 1950s. The impact on people, ports, cities and, of course, trade, was massive.
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132. US-China Trade War: The Negotiators
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How the people Presidents Trump and Xi tapped to negotiate helped shape the US-China trade relationship over 2017-2020.
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131. How travel matters for trade
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Why Nigerian traders pay so much to travel to China, and how COVID-19 has made that more complicated.
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130. So you want to design a tariff schedule...
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Making sense of the ‘Global Tariffs’ that the UK will begin to apply to thousands of imported products after Brexit is complete.
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129. Operation Quack Hack: Are China's medical supplies safe to trade?
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Faulty Chinese medical gear emerges, as both the US and China adjust their product regulations in response to the pandemic.
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128. Beautiful Trade in Ugly Times
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In good times, cosmetics are a logistical challenge, as dangerous goods go from ideas to store shelves. Now come the hard times.