Trade Talks
And that is all for Trade Talks
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Goodbye for now, as old friend Soumaya Keynes joins Chad Bown to discuss why and what comes next.
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200. Has the USMCA improved working conditions in Mexico?
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The USMCA was supposed to prevent workers from being mistreated at Mexican factories. How is it working so far?
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199. How trade economists busted corruption at the port
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When customs officials in Madagascar cheated their country out of tax revenues, economists caught them. But the fight is not over yet.
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198. Inside Washington’s lobbying industry
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What we know about the US lobbying industry and how it influences trade and other types of economic policy.
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197. Moving workers across Europe
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How the European Union’s controversial “posting” policy impacted the movement of workers as well as local communities across the continent.
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196. How multinationals avoid taxes through technology licensing
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Companies can avoid taxes by moving profits from IP royalties offshore. What would happen if that changed?
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195. How did Canadian workers adjust so well to US trade?
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Canadian workers faced new competition after the sudden free trade agreement with the US in 1989. Why were they able to adjust so successfully?
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194. Industrial policy detectives: China's subsidies for shipbuilding
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A new way to measure China’s subsidies for shipbuilding reveals how much they transformed the industry for the country and world.
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193. Did multinationals enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law?
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Following the Rana Plaza factory collapse, foreign companies promised to enforce Bangladesh’s new labor law. What happened next?
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192. Will more farm trade cause more deforestation?
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As trade with farm exporting countries expands, governments must also consider how to prevent deforestation.