Podcast: Trade Talks

Trade Talks

107: Bombed Embassies and Document Leaks – How China Got into the WTO

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6QVmvTlS1R"><a href="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/107-bombed-embassies-and-document-leaks-how-china-got-into-the-wto/">107: Bombed Embassies and Document Leaks – How China Got into the WTO</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/107-bombed-embassies-and-document-leaks-how-china-got-into-the-wto/embed/#?secret=6QVmvTlS1R" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;107: Bombed Embassies and Document Leaks – How China Got into the WTO&#8221; &#8212; Trade Talks" data-secret="6QVmvTlS1R" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tradetalkspodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Was letting China join the WTO a mistake? Paul Blustein describes fraught negotiations with America that culminated in its entry.

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106: Trump’s Mini-Deal with China

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ASOD0I3aKp"><a href="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/106-trumps-mini-deal-with-china/">106: Trump’s Mini-Deal with China</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/106-trumps-mini-deal-with-china/embed/#?secret=ASOD0I3aKp" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;106: Trump’s Mini-Deal with China&#8221; &#8212; Trade Talks" data-secret="ASOD0I3aKp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tradetalkspodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Jenny Leonard explains President Trump’s October 11 announcement, as well as what it is like reporting daily on the trade war.

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105: Aircraft Subsidy Disputes: How These Tariffs Are Different

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="cl6D0mp6da"><a href="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/105-aircraft-subsidy-disputes-how-these-tariffs-are-different/">105: Aircraft Subsidy Disputes: How These Tariffs Are Different</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/105-aircraft-subsidy-disputes-how-these-tariffs-are-different/embed/#?secret=cl6D0mp6da" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;105: Aircraft Subsidy Disputes: How These Tariffs Are Different&#8221; &#8212; Trade Talks" data-secret="cl6D0mp6da" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tradetalkspodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

The WTO authorizes new US retaliatory tariffs on EU imports in one of the biggest and longest-running formal disputes in history.

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104: How to Hit Currency Manipulators and Fight the Strong Dollar

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00:00 / 29:02

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dI4pzeR2LN"><a href="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/104-how-to-hit-currency-manipulators-and-fight-the-strong-dollar/">104: How to Hit Currency Manipulators and Fight the Strong Dollar</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/104-how-to-hit-currency-manipulators-and-fight-the-strong-dollar/embed/#?secret=dI4pzeR2LN" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;104: How to Hit Currency Manipulators and Fight the Strong Dollar&#8221; &#8212; Trade Talks" data-secret="dI4pzeR2LN" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tradetalkspodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Explore past US efforts to counter countries with undervalued currencies, as well as two controversial proposals to do so today.

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103: US-China Trade War from the Trenches

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00:00 / 27:10

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="D523UFFrzS"><a href="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/103-us-china-trade-war-from-the-trenches/">103: US-China Trade War from the Trenches</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/103-us-china-trade-war-from-the-trenches/embed/#?secret=D523UFFrzS" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;103: US-China Trade War from the Trenches&#8221; &#8212; Trade Talks" data-secret="D523UFFrzS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tradetalkspodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

The annual US-China Business Council survey of members paints an interesting picture of American companies operating in China.

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102: Is Trump Beating the Chinese Economy?

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<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hFYbL84nnz"><a href="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/102-is-trump-beating-the-chinese-economy/">102: Is Trump Beating the Chinese Economy?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tradetalkspodcast.com/podcast/102-is-trump-beating-the-chinese-economy/embed/#?secret=hFYbL84nnz" width="500" height="350" title="&#8220;102: Is Trump Beating the Chinese Economy?&#8221; &#8212; Trade Talks" data-secret="hFYbL84nnz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://tradetalkspodcast.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>

Nicholas Lardy explains how the Chinese economy is faring thus far during the trade war.

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101: Huawei, National Security, and the Trade War

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Yuan Yang explains the Chinese telecom equipment maker’s role in the US-China trade war and concerns over national security.

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100: Sneaking Up on a No-Deal Brexit

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00:00 / 18:59

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Anand Menon joins to update developments on Britain’s plan to leave the European Union.

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99: The Surprising Story of the US Trade Deficit with South Korea

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Kadee Russ explains why the US trade imbalance with South Korea expanded after their trade agreement went into effect.

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98: What’s Wrong with Germany’s Trade Surplus?

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00:00 / 31:46

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Jeromin Zettelmeyer explains Germany’s export competitiveness and why concerns over its trade surplus derive from somewhere else.