Trade Talks

Gene Grossman joins to discuss how political economists explain trade protectionism.

Keynes and Bown discuss the US government report and economic impact assessment of the potential NAFTA replacement.

Mona Pinchis-Paulsen joins to discuss the origins and history of using national security threats to justify trade restrictions.

Keynes and Bown explain how a tiny part of US antidumping tariff calculations threatens the entire trading system.

Ernesto Zedillo joins to discuss 40 years of Mexico’s trade, the impact of import substitution policies, NAFTA, and the USMCA.

Kimberly Clausing joins Keynes and Bown to discuss today’s economic and policy challenges in taxing multinational companies.

Keynes and Bown discuss new research on the economics and politics behind President Trump’s tariffs and the resulting retaliation.

The Trump administration pulled India and Turkey from the US Generalized System of Preference, a program that offers zero tariffs to imports from poor countries. Keynes and Bown explain the decision and how it fits into a broader battle between rich and poor countries around special and differential treatment and how it is holding up progress on WTO negotiations.

Not to be overshadowed by the Trump-China trade war, the WTO issues an important legal ruling on Chinese subsidies. Soumaya Keynes and Chad Bown describe how the Americans had challenged Chinese payments to farmers of corn, wheat and rice, as well as implications of the WTO ruling for US-China trade relations and the multilateral system.

Keynes and Bown replay their November 2017 interview with Marcus Noland about one of the most closed economies in the world.

Keynes and Bown explain the upheaval in American and global soybean markets stemming from the US-China trade conflict.

Richard Baldwin joins Keynes and Bown to discuss the past and future of globalization, new technologies, and social upheaval.

Kalina Manova joins Keynes and Bown to discuss how companies’ ability to borrow affects trade.

Nicholas Lardy joins Keynes and Bown to discuss the changing role of the state and private firms in China’s economic development.

Keynes and Bown discuss what is behind the slowdown of global trade, supply chain expansion, and international commerce.

Keynes and Bown discuss the rocky departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. Sam Lowe (Centre for European Reform) joins for an update on the latest political developments as Britain approaches the March...

Keynes and Bown speak with Alice Fulwood (The Economist) about what is behind the $150 billion of annual trade in blood plasma products. They cut through the mystery of the exploding trade flows by explaining...

Keynes and Bown sit down with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman (CUNY and New York Times) in a wide-ranging interview about international trade. They discuss NAFTA, labor standards, and the USMCA (2:25); the current toxicity...

Keynes and Bown explain the recent 90-day agreement between Presidents Trump and Xi that puts on hold further tariff escalation between the United States and China. They speak with Mark Wu (Harvard Law) and former...

Keynes and Bown speak with veteran trade journalist Alan Beattie (Financial Times) about the complexities of negotiating with the European Union on trade. They discuss the EU’s dealings with the UK over Brexit and the...

Keynes and Bown discuss the prospect of negotiations between the United States and the European Union on a trade deal that would meet President Trump’s objectives of zero tariffs, zero nontariff barriers, and zero subsidies....

Keynes and Bown speak with Amit Khandelwal (Columbia Business School) about the impact that exporting has on firm productivity. They discuss his evidence from a randomized control trial that new foreign market access improved how...

Keynes and Bown speak with incoming World Bank Chief Economist Penny Goldberg (Yale University) about her research on how trade liberalization affects consumers and firms when firms have market power. They discuss the impact that...

Keynes and Bown talk with former WTO Appellate Body member Jennifer Hillman (Georgetown Law) about WTO dispute settlement. They describe the procedural, philosophical, and judicial complaints the United States has with the current way of addressing...

Keynes and Bown talk with Stephen Redding (Princeton University) about his research on the border between East and West Germany erected in the mid-20th century. They discuss the loss of market access for cities near...