Trade Talks

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22: The Other UK Trade Deals–Brexit and Rolling over the EU’s FTAs Feb 09, 2018

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist discuss the challenges facing the UK government as it seeks negotiations separate from the Brexit talks to maintain existing market access through the...

21: North American Cars–Before and After NAFTA Feb 02, 2018

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the evolution of the auto industry in North America. Long before the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the 1965 Canada-US...

20: Tariff Time! Washing Machines and Dirty Trade Policy Jan 26, 2018

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the controversy surrounding the US washing machine market and update the solar panels case, in light of President Trump’s decision to impose...

19: GSP – Low Tariffs for Development? Jan 19, 2018

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Keynes and Bown discuss the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the program rich countries use to offer lower tariffs to exporters in developing countries. They discuss a variety of programs—the now expired US GSP scheme,...

18: Brexit–Sectoral Analyses or Impact Assessments? Jan 09, 2018

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Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown speak with Professor Meredith Crowley (University of Cambridge) about her Brexit research. Crowley describes results from her use of information on product-level UK exports...

17: WTO Ministerials–Now and Then Dec 21, 2017

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the December 2017 World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires. They describe the contentious negotiations over India’s public stockholding...

16. Weird Trade Barriers–Or How Trade Talks Help a Cocktail Party Dec 15, 2017

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PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist survey listeners and conduct interviews from the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, to describe some of the more bizarre—and fascinating—barriers to international...

15: Is China a Non-Market Economy? Why the WTO Gets to Decide Dec 08, 2017

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Keynes and Bown focus on a huge WTO dispute in which China is suing the European Union and the United States over their refusal to treat it as a market economy, meaning they will not...

14: Trade Talks Tough: Sanctions on North Korea Nov 30, 2017

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Marcus Noland about his research on implementing trade sanctions on North Korea. First up is his recent book...

13: Export Superstars and Billionaires: When Do Policymakers Need to Worry? Nov 22, 2017

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Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown talk with PIIE Senior Fellow Caroline Freund about her research on big firms, billionaires, international trade, and economic development. First up is her...

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