
65: What Would a Trump-China Deal Look Like?
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 La...
10 Dec 201829min

64: (Trade) Dealing with Europe
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 ov...
29 Nov 201824min

63: Can Trump and the EU Strike a Deal?
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 barri...
21 Nov 201823min

62: Randomized Trade
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 forei...
9 Nov 201818min

61: Trade, Firms, Profits, and Market Power: It's Complicated
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....
2 Nov 201818min

60: America May Be Doing Away with WTO Dispute Settlement
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 Unit...
29 Okt 201831min

59: A Hard Border from History
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 ...
18 Okt 201818min

58: Woodward. Trump. Fear. Trade Is Bad.
Keynes and Bown talk with best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Bob Woodward about his latest book Fear: Trump in the White House. From snatching trade agreement with...
10 Okt 201822min


















