Épisodes

  • 207. What happened on Trump's tariff day
    Apr 4 2025

    Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times) joins to cohost an emergency episode explaining President Trump's sweeping April 2 tariff announcement. Bown and Keynes turn to Douglas A. Irwin on history, Maurice Obstfeld on the US dollar, and Kathleen Claussen on law to clarify what we know about the tariff actions so far (29:14).

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    29 min
  • 206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump
    Mar 16 2025

    Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (City University of New York) joins for a wide-ranging conversation on historical lessons as well as some new thinking about international trade, the "agglomeration economies" driving geographically concentrated production, industrial policy, as well as the policy environment under President Trump (42:12).

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    42 min
  • 205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China
    Mar 11 2025

    A potential US-Ukraine critical minerals agreement is only the latest effort to address security concerns over US sourcing of critical minerals from China. America's previous top diplomat for critical minerals, Geoff Pyatt (former Assistant Secretary of State, former US ambassador to Ukraine) joins to explain (33.47).

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    34 min
  • 204. Is Europe ready for Trump?
    Mar 6 2025

    Europe had a rocky ride during President Trump's first term, but it was largely spared from significant tariffs. The world is different this time around. Former European Commission trade official Rupert Schlegelmilch joins to explain (34:32).

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    35 min
  • 203. What if Trump halts duty-free packages from China?
    Feb 23 2025

    Shipments of small packages from China have skyrocketed, but the de minimis policy that excludes them from tariffs may end. Chris Casey (Congressional Research Service) joins to explore the history of the US de minimis policy and Amit Khandelwal (Yale University) shares economic research into the question of what happens if the policy ends (37:33).

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    38 min
  • 202. Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs are back
    Feb 14 2025

    President Trump first imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum in 2018, but this time it's different. Ana Swanson (New York Times) joins to explain (32:23).

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    32 min
  • 201. Trade Talks is back. And so is President Trump.
    Feb 8 2025
    Tariffs from the new President call for an emergency relaunch of the longstanding trade podcast. Aime Williams (Financial Times) joins to explain what happened with Canada, Mexico, and China (29:50). Read more…
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    30 min
  • And that is all for Trade Talks
    Jan 30 2024
    Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.
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    11 min
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