Trade Talks

Chad P. Bown

with Chad P. Bown

  • 10 minutes 51 seconds
    And that is all for Trade Talks
    Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.
    30 January 2024, 12:38 am
  • 46 minutes 28 seconds
    200. Has the USMCA improved working conditions in Mexico?
    The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?
    19 December 2023, 1:49 am
  • 37 minutes 11 seconds
    199. How trade economists busted corruption at the port
    When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.
    10 December 2023, 3:49 pm
  • 33 minutes 2 seconds
    198. Inside Washington’s lobbying industry
    What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.
    3 December 2023, 7:27 pm
  • 45 minutes 29 seconds
    197. Moving workers across Europe
    How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.
    26 November 2023, 5:19 pm
  • 28 minutes 40 seconds
    196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing
    Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?
    19 November 2023, 10:45 pm
  • 24 minutes 7 seconds
    195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade?
    Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?
    12 November 2023, 5:11 pm
  • 40 minutes 59 seconds
    194. Industrial policy detectives: China’s subsidies for shipbuilding
    A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.
    5 November 2023, 6:20 pm
  • 42 minutes 14 seconds
    193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law?
    Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?
    29 October 2023, 7:56 pm
  • 27 minutes 35 seconds
    192. Will more farm trade cause more deforestation? 
    As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.
    22 October 2023, 9:14 pm
  • 33 minutes 29 seconds
    191. Brazil’s trade opening and its toll on workers and crime
    How Brazil’s trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.
    15 October 2023, 4:01 pm
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