Global Trade with Fexingo: WTO, Free Trade Agreements, and International Commerce

When the European Union and the United States spent nearly a decade fighting over a banana, it wasn't about the fruit itself. The 'Banana Trade War' of the 1990s pitted Latin American producers against former European colonies in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. Lucas and Luna unpack how a 1996 WTO complaint—brought by the US on behalf of Chiquita—led to a landmark ruling that reshaped glob...

In 2025, Vietnam overtook China as the number one exporter of steel to the United States for the first time in modern history. This episode of Global Trade with Fexingo explains how that happened—not through a trade war escalation, but through a quiet realignment of global supply chains. Lucas and Luna trace the journey of a single steel coil from a blast furnace in Hebei Province to a port in Da...

In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the single most disruptive event in modern global trade: the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal in March 2021. They trace how one massive container ship held up $9.6 billion in daily trade, exposed the fragility of just-in-time manufacturing, and permanently reshaped how companies think about supply chain resilience. Lucas breaks down the economic...

In Episode 1 of Global Trade with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the nitty-gritty of international commerce through a single fascinating case: the 2018 US tariffs on Chinese-made kayaks. Using this unexpected example, they unpack how a 25% tariff on a seemingly niche product rippled through supply chains, consumer prices, and even trade negotiations. Lucas walks Luna through the World Trade Org...