Trade Talks

Trade Talks


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191. Brazil’s trade opening and its toll on workers and crime
October 15, 2023

How Brazils trade liberalization of the 1990s led to unexpected and lasting impacts on workers and a temporary rise in violence.

190. Climate change, floods, and the future of auto supply chains
July 30, 2023

What consumers can expect from auto companies investing in supply chain resilience as weather disasters loom.

189. South Korea’s controversial industrial policy
July 23, 2023

How South Koreas Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive policy of 1973-79 worked and may have contributed to its economic rise.

188. Did responsible sourcing by multinationals help workers in poor countries?
July 16, 2023

What happened to workers and others in Costa Rica when global companies imposed new responsible sourcing codes of conduct on their suppliers.

187. Industrial policy and the rise of Romania’s Silicon Valley
July 09, 2023

How a 2001 income tax break for Romanian software programmers helped transform the countrys information technology sector.

186. How US lead regulations hurt Mexican babies
June 25, 2023

Higher US lead standards in 2009 resulted in more production and pollution from Mexican plants. Nearby infants and kids suffered.

185. The historic collapse of Switzerland’s watch industry
June 18, 2023

New quartz technology and competition from Japan devastated the dominant Swiss watch industry of the 1970s. What happened next?

184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
May 07, 2023

EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.

184. The US-EU fights over electric vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act
May 07, 2023

EVs headlined the transatlantic dispute over the Inflation Reduction Act. That feud may be over, but other conflicts remain.

183. How the United States cleaned up container ship pollution
April 30, 2023

In 2012, the EPA started regulating maritime emissions of air pollutants. The shipping industrys response offers lessons for other countries.