September 10, 2023
Joel Trachtman discusses the ways in which international trade policy be aligned with global commitments to reduce inequality, transition to a clean energy future, and promote sustainable development.
February 12, 2023
Chad Bown joins Michael Klein to discuss whether recent calls to restrict trade by incentivising domestic production over purchases from abroad will ultimately strengthen or weaken the U.S. economy.
February 9, 2022
A look at how trade benefits society — consumers, companies, and workers — but creates winners and losers, too.
October 3, 2021
Joel Trachtman, a leading scholar of of international trade law, discusses how national and international legal systems impact trade between nations.
September 24, 2021
Countries benefit from increasing international trade and financial flows. But interconnectedness can make them vulnerable to economic shocks originating abroad.
August 29, 2021
Michael Klein (EconoFact), and Kadee Russ (UC Davis) discuss the current landscape of international trade, its winners and losers, and trade policies.
June 9, 2021
The market for shipping services can influence trade flows, the products that countries sell, and how price shocks reverberate through trade.
June 7, 2021
Doug Irwin joins Michael Klein to discuss how ideas about free trade have changed over the last 250 years.
February 21, 2021
Paul Krugman joins Michael Klein for a discussion on globalization, trade and industrial policy, and protectionism and tariffs.