We used to take trade for granted. Trillions of dollars of goods and services crossed borders each year. Nobody paid too much attention: it just worked.
Now, surging oil prices can hit your mortga...
This episode unpacks why the trade and investment imbalances between the United States and China have grown to record levels despite years of pressu...
216. How to Win a Trade War, with friends
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).
How to Win a Trade War with Chad Bown and Soumaya Keynes
On this episode of the Trade Guys, Bill and Scott welcome Chad Bown (Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics) and Soumaya Keynes (Economics Columnist, ..
Exchange rate disconnect and the trade balance
Martin Bodenstein*, Federal Reserve Board
Pablo Cuba-Borda, Federal Reserve Board
Nils ...
Chad P. Bown on the state of US-China trade
Ahead of US president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping’s meeting, Chad P. Bown discusses the state of the US-China trade relationship, explaining how US imports from China and exports ...
...hts from our launch event for the Bruegel-CEPR Paris Report 4: The New Global Imbalances, with Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Sébastien Jean, Signe Krogstrup, Zsolt Darvas and Tamim Bayo...
The global trade imbalance is reaching a critical tipping point. For years, the assumption was that China's massive...
...an and Yuyun Zhan on Chinese trade deflection, a chapter from "The New Global Imbalances", a new joint Bruegel-CEPR Paris Report.
Trade wars are becoming a feature of the modern global economy and are being tied to actual wars too. Britain has played its part by voting to leave the EU, while President Trump has taken trade di...
Headline trade figures don’t always show where value is created. In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That?, host Jim Tebrake speaks with Erich H. Strassner about Trade in Value Adde...
How does Israel balance arms imports and exports during ongoing conflicts? SIPRI Researcher Zain Hussain explain...
India’s Big Trade Shift: Imports Up, Exports Lagging
India is finally integrating into global production networks, but the story is uneven.
Imports of machinery have surged, showing stronger participation in global value chains. But exports are stil...
Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Trade, Department for Business and Trade, gives a keynote address at Chatham House's 2026 Global Trade Conference.
On the agenda:
- How is the government balancin...
...out physically importing them. Learn how these transactions are recorded in the balance of payments and GDP, and why these transactions matter for understanding today’s global ...
The World Bank's M. Ayhan Kose shares insights on the stability of global trade at BWC’s Global Economic Prospects Briefing.
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Global trade poised for a record-breaking 2025 as flows expected to surge past $35 trillion.
UNCTAD year-end Global Trade Update shows East Asia, Africa and South–South trade powering gains, even ...
"For the first time that I've seen in my career the IMF is actually forecasting, over the next five years, trade falling as a share of GDP".
Richard Hughes, the Chair of the Office for Budget Resp...
Global merchandise trade outpaced expectations in the first half of 2025, driven by increased spending on AI-related products, a surge in North American imports ahead of tariff hikes, and strong tr...