Chad P. Bown

Trade Talks

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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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Chad P. Bown

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17: WTO Ministerials–Now and Then 21.12.2017 29:13

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 15.12.2017 14:03

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 08.12.2017 21:37

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 30.11.2017 28:32

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? 22.11.2017 19:49

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...

12: How to Save a (Pacific) Trade Deal 16.11.2017 20:02

PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). They discuss how 11 persistent countries pulled the original TPP deal from...

11: The Complicated Impact of Trade…on Developing Countries 09.11.2017 30:12

PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of the Economist examine the impact of international trade on economic activity within developing countries like India, Vietnam, and Brazil. They talk with Professor Nina Pavcnik...

10: What If the UK Crashed into a No-Deal Brexit? 03.11.2017 28:57

PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist examine what a no-deal Brexit would look like, or the economic implications if Britain were to split from the European Union without a...

9: Happy 70th GATTiversary–The Origins of Multilateral Trade 27.10.2017 26:49

On the occasion of its 70th anniversary, PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus on the origins of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. They speak...

8: NAFTA Time Out–Unsurprisingly Unconventional 20.10.2017 24:08

Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the economic tension arising through the ongoing NAFTA—or North American Free Trade Agreement—talks between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The...

7: Tariffs, Subsidies, and Not-So-Friendly Skies 13.10.2017 18:10

Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss an ongoing trade dispute involving large civil aircraft jets, Bombardier and Boeing, as well as the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom,...

6: Uncertainty and Trade Deals–Not Good 05.10.2017 21:19

PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes of The Economist focus this week on the costs of increased uncertainty generated by President Trump's threat to rip up US trade agreements as well as...

5: Solar Tariffs, Clean Energy (and Trump) 29.09.2017 21:13

Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss President Trump's upcoming choice to grant trade protection to a sliver of the US solar manufacturing industry. The episode describes cleavages within...

4: Holding the WTO Hostage, Trump Style 22.09.2017 24:17

Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown focus on the Trump administration's approach to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The episode describes US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer's recently articulated positions...

3: Nerves of Steel: Waiting for Trump's Trade War 15.09.2017 26:06

Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad Bown (PIIE) focus on the Trump administration's risking a trade war, after the president started a Section 232 investigation into whether steel and aluminum imports are a threat to...

2: Trump Threatens the South Korea-US Trade Deal 07.09.2017 21:57

This week Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes focus on the South Korea-US free trade agreement (KORUS) and President Donald Trump's unhappiness with it, as his administration alternates between threats of withdrawal and renegotiation. The...

1: NAFTAnomics: The Economics of Three Big Fights 01.09.2017 26:33

Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the economics of trade policy. This week they focus on three big fights in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiations,...

Special Episode: Trump's Unfair Trade Action against China 18.08.2017 19:04

Soumaya Keynes of The Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown discuss the issues involved in President Trump's triggering a "Section 301" investigation of China's unfair treatment of American intellectual property. This special episode...

0: Introduction to the Weekly Podcast 11.08.2017 7:16

Soumaya Keynes of the Economist and PIIE Senior Fellow Chad P. Bown introduce a weekly and geeky podcast on developments in international trade and policy. This week's episode covers the hosts' favorite trade (short) stories...