Podcast
Trade Talks
Hosted by Chad P. Bown · EN
Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) hosts a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy. From trade wars to trade deals, this podcast covers trade developments with insights and economic analysis from one of the world's top trade geeks.
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214. Europe's trade war with China
3d ago00:45:05Tap to summarizeFinbarr Bermingham (South China Morning Post) joins to explain how the European Union is using tariffs, cybersecurity, product bans, and industrial policy in its own trade war with China, as well as how China is not backing down (45:04).
Transcribe →213. Ups and downs at the Port of Los Angeles
1w ago00:35:55Summary readyChad visits the Port of Los Angeles, the largest container port in North America, and speaks with its Executive Director, Gene Seroka, for an update on US trade with China, as well as the impact on the Port of the recent tariffs, the war in Iran, automation, and AI (35.54).
Summary212. America's semiconductor policy and the AI race with China
2w ago00:56:47Summary readyFormer CHIPS program chief economist Dan Kim (TechInsights) joins for a wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence and US semiconductors policy – including the CHIPS Act subsidies, tariffs, and export controls – as well as its impact on US-China technology competition (56:47).
Summary211. How one small American manufacturer is dealing with Trump's tariffs
3w ago00:34:20Tap to summarizeSam Cooper, the owner of Klear Vu, a company that makes seat cushions in Massachusetts and imports fabric from China, joins for a candid explanation about the impact of the US tariffs in 2025 on the company's supply chain, pricing, and other decisions (34:19).
Transcribe →210. What is America's problem with the WTO?
Apr 1000:33:01Tap to summarizeFormer US ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Maria Pagán joins for a wide-ranging conversation about US government concerns with the WTO, the Trump administration's actions so far, and the failures of the recent ministerial conference in Cameroon (33:00).
Transcribe →209. Will Trump's pharmaceutical tariffs lower prices and secure supply chains?
Apr 700:30:11Tap to summarizeThomas J. Bollyky (Council on Foreign Relations) joins to explain the problems facing the US pharmaceutical market, the Trump administration's new tariffs and pricing deal with the United Kingdom, and the impact on American drug prices as well as supply chain security (30:10).
Transcribe →208. It's been one year since Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs
Apr 100:22:02Tap to summarizeAime Williams (Financial Times) joins Chad Bown to help explain what has happened since President Trump's sweeping April 2, 2025 tariff announcement. They discuss the surprises in the US import and export data from 2025, trading partner retaliation, the deals, and what comes next after the Supreme Court's February 2026 decision (22:01).
Transcribe →207. What happened on Trump's tariff day
Apr 4, 202500:29:16Tap to summarizeSoumaya 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).
Transcribe →206. Paul Krugman talks trade, industrial policy, and Trump
Mar 16, 202500:42:13Tap to summarizeNobel 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).
Transcribe →205. Trump's Ukraine minerals deal and China
Mar 11, 202500:33:48Tap to summarizeA 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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