Trade Talks

Services trade gets no respect. The release of the WTO’s World Trade Report 2019 gave us a chance to fix that.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sophie Richardson joins Keynes and Bown in a wide-ranging conversation about heightened concerns over human rights in China.

Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s rollout of tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese imports and new evidence of global economic turmoil.

Keynes and Bown explain the controversy surrounding President Trump’s decision to designate China a currency manipulator.

Adam Posen explains why the US Federal Reserve is suddenly cutting interest rates and what that has to do with President Trump’s trade war.

Former USTR Michael Froman joins to discuss how the Obama administration tackled China and the World Trade Organization.

Dukgeun Ahn joins to explain how Japan’s threat to limit exports to South Korea involves issues much deeper than smartphone trade.

Ben Hyman joins to discuss whether an American program actually helps workers hurt by trade.

The former Indonesian trade minister discusses trade deals – from ASEAN to RCEP to the GSP – the trade war, and more.

Gordon Hanson joins to explain the roots of the migration emergency at both the US and Mexican southern borders.

Keynes and Bown discuss Trump’s national emergency declaration and potential tariffs on $350 billion of imports from Mexico.

Keynes and Bown explain Trump’s latest trade action on cars and implications of his partial removal of steel and aluminum tariffs.

Lucie Gadenne (University of Warwick, IFS) joins Keynes and Bown to explain when and why some countries use import tariffs as an important source of total tax revenue collections. They discuss her research on the...

Keynes and Bown update the sudden change in US-China trade negotiations and implications of President Trump’s tariff escalation.

Duncan Robinson joins to update Brexit, cleavages in British political parties, and 2019 elections to the European Parliament.