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The Patent Pool That Unlocked Generic Drug Trade
Season 2 Episode 72
In this episode of Global Trade with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how the Medicines Patent Pool, a UN-backed initiative, rewrote the rules for gen…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The One Rule That Made Trade Finance Possible
Season 2 Episode 71
Episode 71 of Global Trade with Fexingo dives into the unsung backbone of international commerce: the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Cr…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
The Single Rule That Makes Your Phone Battery Cost Less
Season 2 Episode 70
Episode 70 of Global Trade with Fexingo zooms in on one obscure but massive trade rule: the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) of 1996 and its 20…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
How One Trade Rule Made Your Electronics Cheaper
Season 2 Episode 69
This episode of Global Trade with Fexingo examines the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), a 1996 WTO pact that eliminated tariffs on over 200 te…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
How One Shipping Standard Reshaped Global Trade in Bananas
Season 2 Episode 68
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a single international shipping standard — the 40-foot container — transformed the global banana trade. T…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How One Wine Label Reshaped Global Trade
Season 2 Episode 67
Episode 67 of Global Trade with Fexingo uncovers how a single regulation—the European Union's Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for wine—has resh…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
How One Data Localization Rule Reshaped Global Trade
Season 2 Episode 66
In this episode of Global Trade with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how data localization requirements—rules forcing companies to store data within …
2 weeks, 4 days ago
How One Rule Made Container Ships Ten Times Bigger
Season 2 Episode 65
Episode 65 of Global Trade with Fexingo dives into a single regulation that quietly rewrote the economics of ocean shipping: the 1984 Shipping Act in…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
The Cotton Subsidy That Warps Global Trade
Season 2 Episode 64
In this episode of Global Trade with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how US cotton subsidies distort world markets, hurt West African farmers, and su…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
How One Product Standard Reshaped Global Trade in Electronics
Season 2 Episode 63
Episode 63 of Global Trade with Fexingo dives into the humble USB-C connector and how a single technical standard rewrote the rules for electronics t…
2 weeks, 5 days ago