Podcast Episodes
Back to Search159. How Biden and Europe settled Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs
After years of dispute, the EU agreed to stop retaliating and to limit exports if the US lifted Trump's national security tariffs.
4 years, 4 months ago
158. How America responded to its PPE shortage
The US reacted to COVID-19 shortfalls of hospital masks, gowns and gloves with unprecedented trade and industrial policy.
4 years, 5 months ago
157. Europe's Trade Policy and Open Strategic Autonomy
Worried about being bullied by trading partners, the European Union is developing a host of new policy tools.
4 years, 6 months ago
156. Tackling climate change with a carbon border adjustment mechanism
CBAM! The EU proposes phasing out free permits from its emissions trading system and phasing in a carbon tax on some imports.
4 years, 8 months ago
155. How trade can break up with paper (it involves blockchain)
Legally and technologically, paper documents are essential to international trade. How that could change (it involves blockchain).
4 years, 9 months ago
154. Global Britain: How's that going then?
A beginner's guide to the spat over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol, plus the UK signs a new trade deal with Australia.
4 years, 9 months ago
153. Multilateral tax cooperation gets one step closer
The G7 economies agreed to a potential historic change in how governments tax multinational corporations.
4 years, 9 months ago
152. The murky world of export restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine inputs are in short supply globally. How the EU, UK, US and India are all limiting exports.
5 years ago
151. Container shipping costs are through the roof. Who's paying?
Companies and regulators have begun to worry about the spike in container shipping costs and pandemic-related trade disruptions.
5 years ago
150: Is the WTO making it harder to end the pandemic?
India, South Africa, and more than 50 other countries propose changing WTO rules for vaccines and other medical supplies. Rachel Silverman (Center fo…
5 years, 1 month ago