17: WTO Ministerials–Now and Then
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 negotia...
21 Joulu 201729min
16. Weird Trade Barriers–Or How Trade Talks Help a Cocktail Party
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 f...
15 Joulu 201714min
15: Is China a Non-Market Economy? Why the WTO Gets to Decide
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...
8 Joulu 201721min
14: Trade Talks Tough: Sanctions on North Korea
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...
30 Marras 201728min
13: Export Superstars and Billionaires: When Do Policymakers Need to Worry?
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 develo...
22 Marras 201719min
12: How to Save a (Pacific) Trade Deal
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 countr...
16 Marras 201720min
11: The Complicated Impact of Trade…on Developing Countries
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 tal...
9 Marras 201730min
10: What If the UK Crashed into a No-Deal Brexit?
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...
3 Marras 201728min
