Trade Splaining

Happily "Ever" After: Trade in the Aftermath of the Suez Canal Blockage

Jan Hoffmann, Head of the Trade Logistics Branch at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joins the Trade Splainers to discuss:
What exactly went wrong with the Ever Given in the Suez Canal
The impacts of the blockage on shipping and global trade
Why containers are so expensive
How all of this is compounded by COVID

Trade, Business and Human Rights: Why This Time It's Different

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Director of the Geneva University Centre for Business and Human Rights and Research Director at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights joins Trade Splaining to discuss why focusing on human rights makes total business sense for companies, what its like splitting time between New York City and Switzerland and who wins between Lidl and Aldi.
In this episode we discuss:
Respond to listener mail
New developments on the judiciary front for businesses that violate human rights legislation
Nike facing social media backlash in China over Xinjiang
The Evergreen Ever Given, the Suez Canal and the plumbing of trade
Return of the UN Word of the Day
This week in local Geneva news

Services Trade, Globalization and Why Trade Policy Matters

Pierre Sauvé, Senior Trade Specialist at the World Bank joins Trade Splaining to discuss why services trade is different and how trade policy can help smooth out trade liberalizations rough edges.
In this episode we discuss:
Respond to listener mail
New leadership at the WTO and UNCTAD
Facebook, Google and Australia
Covid-induced disruptions in trade patterns
Apple car in the news
This week in local Geneva news

Digital Trade and Technology: Can Governments Keep Up?

Ziyang David Fan, Head of Digital Trade at the World Economic Forum joins Trade Splaining to continue the discussion on all the things digital, including how new emerging technology is shaping the economic landscape, how governments can keep up and what it means for the rest of us.
In this episode we discuss:
Respond to listener mail
Potential subscription-based and privacy oriented competitors to the tech giants
GameStop
Bezos stepping down at Amazon
Elon Musk and Dogecoin
Google and Australia's new legal battle
Data, Big Tech and Possible Regulation
Latest in local swiss expat news (hint: ducks)

Special Bonus Episode: Part 2 of Interview with Richard Baldwin

Part 2 of our interview with Richard Baldwin, author of "The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work" and Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland.
In this special bonus episode, we continue our discussion on how AI and globalization are reshaping the nature of trade and labor markets, how countries should prepare and what we as workers can do about it. 

Globalization, Technology and the Future of Work in the Age of Globotics

Richard Baldwin, author and Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva, Switzerland joins Trade Splaining to discuss how AI and globalization are reshaping the nature of trade and labor markets, why COVID means this is happening much faster than we may think and what we can do about it. 
In this episode we discuss:
Kick off 2021 with the biggest news stories of the month
Brexit
Can trade agreements do more for workers?
The EU and China Make a (investment) Deal
Data, Big Tech and Possible Regulation
How Globotics and COVID are accelerating labor and trade trends
Latest in local swiss expat news (hint: Trees)

Holiday Bonus Episode: Part 2 of Matthew Wilson Interview

Matthew Wilson, Chief of Staff at the International Trade Centre in Geneva, Switzerland joins the Trade Splainers to discuss how small island states are dealing with COVID and climate change, why he's still giving the WTO a chance, why Rihanna is still the greatest....and where he learned to dance to Beyonce's Single Ladies

Revenge of the SIDS: Small Island States, the WTO and Predictions for 2021

Matthew Wilson, Chief of Staff at the International Trade Centre in Geneva, Switzerland joins the Trade Splainers to discuss how small island states are dealing with COVID and climate change, why he's still giving the WTO a chance...and why Rihanna is still the greatest.
In this episode we discuss:
Recapping the biggest trends of 2020, and what to look out for in 2021
Amazon, WTO, Brexit, Fishery Subsidies and more
Why taking care of Small Island States says alot about who we are
What kind of solutions do we need to address these problems
Why Prince Harry and Megan Markle are on the TradeSplainers naughty list

The Plumbing of Trade: Supply Chains, Trucks and How We Get Our Stuff

Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General of the IRU joins the Trade Splainers to discuss COVID-related shocks, what makes a real Canadian name, and why road transport is more important than we think.
 
In this episode we discuss:
Yet another data point on how COVID is accelerating economic and business trends in the tech sector
COVID-19 related shocks to the road transport and how the industry has responded
What is needed in actually getting a COVID 19 vaccine to market and how supply chain actors are coping
What kind of solutions do we need to address these problems
What NOT to say when buying a kebab

China on My Mind: Trade Tensions, Vaccine Diplomacy and Looking Ahead

Charles Clover of FT and Nikkei Asia joins Trade Splaining to give his first hand account of where China stands almost one year on from the COVID-19 outbreak, how it is capitalizing on economic and political opportunities both regionally and beyond - including his new piece on Vaccine Diplomacy - and what this means for the global trading system as a whole.