Episodes

  • 216. How to Win a Trade War, with friends
    May 26 2026

    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).

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    32 mins
  • 215. How China's trade is holding back developing countries
    May 19 2026

    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).

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    28 mins
  • 214. Europe's trade war with China
    May 10 2026

    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).

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    45 mins
  • 213. Ups and downs at the Port of Los Angeles
    May 4 2026

    Chad visits the Port of Los Angeles, the largest container port in North America, and speaks with its Executive Director, Gene Seroka, for an update on US trade with China, as well as the impact on the Port of the recent tariffs, the war in Iran, automation, and AI (35.54).

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    36 mins
  • 212. America's semiconductor policy and the AI race with China
    Apr 28 2026

    Former CHIPS program chief economist Dan Kim (TechInsights) joins for a wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence and US semiconductors policy – including the CHIPS Act subsidies, tariffs, and export controls – as well as its impact on US-China technology competition (56:47).

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    57 mins
  • 211. How one small American manufacturer is dealing with Trump's tariffs
    Apr 19 2026

    Sam Cooper, the owner of Klear Vu, a company that makes seat cushions in Massachusetts and imports fabric from China, joins for a candid explanation about the impact of the US tariffs in 2025 on the company's supply chain, pricing, and other decisions (34:19).

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    34 mins
  • 210. What is America's problem with the WTO?
    Apr 10 2026

    Former US ambassador to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Maria Pagán joins for a wide-ranging conversation about US government concerns with the WTO, the Trump administration's actions so far, and the failures of the recent ministerial conference in Cameroon (33:00).

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    33 mins
  • 209. Will Trump's pharmaceutical tariffs lower prices and secure supply chains?
    Apr 7 2026

    Thomas J. Bollyky (Council on Foreign Relations) joins to explain the problems facing the US pharmaceutical market, the Trump administration's new tariffs and pricing deal with the United Kingdom, and the impact on American drug prices as well as supply chain security (30:10).

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    30 mins