Trade Talks

Trade Talks

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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? 

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. 

216. How to Win a Trade War, with friends

In a trade podcast mashup, Bill Reinsch and Scott Miller (The Trade Guys) join Trade Talks to interview Soumaya and Chad about the Keynes & Bown new book, How to Win a Trade War (32:07). 

215. How China's trade is holding back developing countries

Arvind Subramanian (PIIE) explains how poorer countries are being squeezed by China's failure to grow out of many industries important to their economic development (27:44). 

214. Europe's trade war with China

Finbarr Bermingham (South China Morning Post) joins to explain how the European Union is using tariffs, cybersecurity, product bans, and industrial policy in its own trade war with China, as well as how China is not backing down (45:04).