Podcast Episodes
Back to Search39: Car Crash–Trump Sees More National Security Threats
Keynes and Bown talk with Kristin Dziczek (Center for Automotive Research) about President Trump's new investigation into whether imports of autos th…
7 years, 10 months ago
38: ZTE, Trump, and China–What's the Fuss?
Keynes and Bown discuss with Yuan Yang of the Financial Times how the US Commerce Department decision to sanction Chinese telecommunications giant ZT…
7 years, 10 months ago
37: Cottoning on to Trade
Keynes and Bown talk with Professor Claudia Steinwender (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) about her research on the impact of the trans-Atlanti…
7 years, 10 months ago
36: The Railroads Episode: America, India, and Intranational Trade
Keynes and Bown discuss with Dave Donaldson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) his research on how massive railroad projects—across America in t…
7 years, 11 months ago
35: The Labor of NAFTA
Bown and Keynes explain controversial elements of the ongoing NAFTA negotiations that relate to jobs, wages, and workers. There are tradeoffs in the …
7 years, 11 months ago
34: So You Want To Be a Trade Negotiator
Bown and Keynes sit down with former acting deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler to learn how to negotiate trade agreements. Wendy shares 25 y…
7 years, 11 months ago
33: Trade and Investment Talks: China Wants America's Technology
Keynes and Bown explain the Chinese economic development strategy at the core of the Trump administration's Section 301 dispute and latest tariff thr…
7 years, 11 months ago
32: Trump, China, and Tariffs: $3 billion, $50 billion, or $100 billion?
Keynes and Bown discuss the escalating tariff fight between President Trump and China. They update the status of Trump's "national security" tariffs …
7 years, 11 months ago
31: Trade Wars and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff: What Really Happened?
Keynes and Bown speak with Douglas Irwin (PIIE and Dartmouth College) about popular misconceptions around the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, the Gr…
8 years ago
30: Trade Talks to Real People
Keynes and Bown have a conversation with Ana Swanson from the New York Times about trade and journalism. They discuss encounters relating to steel, a…
8 years ago