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42: Trump and Tariff Tweets: It’s More Complicated Than That Jun 15, 2018

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Bown and Keynes explain the nonreciprocal pattern of tariffs—and nontariff barriers—across countries highlighted by President Trump’s tweets and statements about high levels of tariff protection received by Canadian dairy farmers, automakers in Europe and China,...

41: Trump and China’s “War of Saliva” Jun 08, 2018

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Keynes and Bown discuss a variety of Chinese perspectives of the Trump administration's trade policy.

40: Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: Trump versus Everyone Jun 02, 2018

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Bown and Keynes explain the economic implications of President Trump’s decision to apply steel and aluminum trade restrictions on virtually all US trading partners as of June 1, 2018. Countries have announced their plans to...

39: Car Crash–Trump Sees More National Security Threats May 25, 2018

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Keynes and Bown talk with Kristin Dziczek (Center for Automotive Research) about President Trump’s new investigation into whether imports of autos threaten American national security. They discuss the implications of potential new tariffs for the NAFTA negotiations,...

38: ZTE, Trump, and China–What’s the Fuss? May 18, 2018

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Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE—and its potential reversal by President Trump—affects the firm’s supply chain and Chinese and American...

37: Cottoning on to Trade May 09, 2018

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Keynes and Bown talk with Professor Claudia Steinwender (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) about her research on the impact of the trans-Atlantic telegraph on trade. New information through the telegraph affected 1860s cotton price differences between...

36: The Railroads Episode: America, India, and Intranational Trade May 02, 2018

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Keynes and Bown discuss with Dave Donaldson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) his research on how massive railroad projects—across America in the late 1800s and colonial India in the early 1900s—affected trade costs, market access, intranational...

35: The Labor of NAFTA Apr 27, 2018

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Bown and Keynes explain controversial elements of the ongoing NAFTA negotiations that relate to jobs, wages, and workers. There are tradeoffs in the new proposals for automobile rules of origin, the enforcement of labor standards...

34: So You Want To Be a Trade Negotiator Apr 20, 2018

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Bown and Keynes sit down with former acting deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler to learn how to negotiate trade agreements. Wendy shares 25 years of experience balancing domestic politics, while driving hard bargains with...

33: Trade and Investment Talks: China Wants America’s Technology Apr 13, 2018

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Keynes and Bown explain the Chinese economic development strategy at the core of the Trump administration’s Section 301 dispute and latest tariff threats. They discuss Beijing’s “Made in China 2025” industrial policy, how technology gets...

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