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Watch or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. Marking the one year anniversary of The Friday Exchange, our trade insiders open up with personal reflections on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and the extraordinary international solidarity they witnessed while serving in and around USTR. They then turn to another turbulent week in trade, as Canada’s retaliatory tariffs took...
The WTO published its 2026 Annual Report, providing a comprehensive account of the organization’s activities in 2025 and the early part of 2026. The Report looks back at recent key events, such as the 14th Ministerial Conference in March 2026, and describes the WTO’s work in addressing the challenges and opportunities facing world trade. Message...
The macro conditions that cushioned the first trade war no longer exist, and that could determine how the latest salvo plays out. Donald Trump’s trade war — unleashed in his first administration but renewed with enhanced fury at the outset of his second administration — threatens the rules-based international trading system built in the wake...
Watch or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. This week, our podcasters jump right in on the U.S.-Canada tariff standoff, as Prime Minister Carney’s retaliatory tariff list heads toward September 8th and the panel weighs in on contradictory political messaging coming out of the Trump Administration. Our panelists then turn to the G20 finance ministers meeting in Asheville,...
