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How One Carbon Border Tax Rewrote Global Trade Rules
Season 1 Episode 32
In this episode of Global Trade with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) — the world's fi…
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One Trade Rule Changed Global Coffee Trade
Season 1 Episode 31
Episode 31 of Global Trade with Fexingo dives into how a single rule of origin in the U.S.–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement reshaped the global cof…
1 month ago
The One Rule That Rewrote Global Banana Trade
Season 1 Episode 30
For decades, the global banana trade was dominated by a handful of American multinationals. Then the European Union introduced a complex tariff-and-q…
1 month ago
How One Commodity Rule Rewrote Global Cocoa Trade
Season 1 Episode 29
In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack how the European Union's deforestation regulation, which took full effect in December 2025, is rewriting the g…
1 month, 1 week ago
How One Tariff Rewrote Global Steel Trade
Season 1 Episode 28
In 2018, the US imposed a 25% tariff on steel imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, citing national security. The move trigge…
1 month, 1 week ago
The One Digital Trade Rule That Changed Global Payments
Season 1 Episode 27
In this episode of Global Trade with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the little-known WTO Joint Statement Initiative on E-Commerce and its most imp…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Steel Rule That Rewrote Global Trade
Season 1 Episode 26
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how a single obscure World Trade Organization rule — the 'national treatment' principle — forced a major coun…
1 month, 1 week ago
How One Port Strike Rewrote Global Supply Chains
Season 1 Episode 25
In June 2026, the threat of a dockworker strike at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach sent shockwaves through global supply chains. Lucas and Lun…
1 month, 1 week ago
The One Rule That Rewrote Global Timber Trade
Season 1 Episode 24
In 2025, the European Union's Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) came into full effect, forcing companies to prove that products like timber, cocoa, and…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Corn Syrup Dispute That Rewrote NAFTA
Season 1 Episode 23
In the late 1990s, Mexico slapped a 20 percent tax on high-fructose corn syrup from the US, sparking a trade war that went all the way to the WTO. Lu…
1 month, 1 week ago