Tariffs

How Trump's trade war is killing American jobs

5 Dec 18, 12:20pm

Mauldin Economics' Patrick Watson argues globalization is slowly reversing meaning politicians should try to minimize the pain instead of adding to it
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This week's guest Top 10

23 Nov 18, 10:00am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang with the latest happenings across the Asia-Pacific, including the new NAFTA, the CPTPP, getting back the basics, ASEAN on the rise, India's widening trade deficit, China wants more imports and more
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Technology, tariffs, and peak globalisation

14 Nov 18, 11:06am

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson suggests future historians will say the 2008–2009 crisis marked 'peak globalization' and we're now heading down the other side of the mountain
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CPTPP tariff cuts to come into effect in 60 days' time

31 Oct 18, 11:55am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Threshold met for first round of CPTPP tariff cuts to come into effect on December 30; Kiwifruit, beef and wine producers to benefit the most
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Who can tolerate trade pain longer, Americans or Chinese?

4 Oct 18, 4:00pm

Patrick Watson

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Patrick Watson says businesses that depend on imports or exports can't plan ahead against the backdrop of a trade war which is why Trump's trade war won't work
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This week's guest Top 10

21 Sep 18, 10:00am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang looks at gains and losses from the China-US trade war, US wine hanging by a thread in China, India steps up to the plate, the end of 'made in China' & more
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The Trump Administration’s dead end on trade

11 Aug 18, 9:34am

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James McCormack thinks the US dispute with China will have to get worse before it can get any better
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Trade outlook still bright, but not without challenges

2 Aug 18, 12:31pm

Allan Barber

While there may be bumps in the road at present, MFAT's key negotiator sees bright prospects for our primary products and the story they can tell. Non-tariff barriers are the greater threat, he says
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If Trump ruled Venice

2 Aug 18, 11:38am

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Asad Jamal presents an alternative history that captures the long-term effects of American mercantilism
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Tension over 'costs for consumers'

17 Jul 18, 9:13am

Guy Trafford

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Guy Trafford sees MFAT's goals for a NZ-EU FTA coming with some tough consequences for local artisan producers and little chance of the EU giving up its subsidy advantages
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Tariffs and trade intervention

14 Jul 18, 10:02am

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Michael Pettis explains how tariffs work and their impacts. He shows what matters are the conditions under which such policies are made. The US cannot engage in beggar-thy-neighbour policies because it cannot run a trade surplus
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NZ still no closer to trade tax exemption with US

11 Jul 18, 2:35pm

Jason Walls

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It has been three months since the Prime Minister wrote to US President Donald Trump asking for an exemption to new tariffs – so why has there been so little development?
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How can we retain the benefits of globalisation?

3 Jul 18, 10:16am

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Koichi Hamada defends economic openness, while calling for concerted action to address what is fueling opposition to it
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Eccentric US trade stance is opening doors for China’s influence in Asia

3 Jul 18, 7:45am

Siah Hwee Ang

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Siah Hwee Ang says China has many cards up its sleeve with which to counter US trade moves
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Is China’s innovation strategy an unfair trade policy?

27 Jun 18, 9:38am

Guest

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Columbia University's Shang-Jin Wei argues that US criticism of Chinese industrial policy is hypocritical and unfounded
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When politics trumps economics

27 Jun 18, 2:00am

Guest

Stephen Roach thinks current US trade, tax and spending policies constitute a classic case of imperial overreach
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A bilateral foil for America's multilateral dilemma

4 Jun 18, 1:14pm

Guest

Stephen Roach explains the political appeal of the Trump Administration's nonsensical approach to trade with China
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China's smart trade moves

29 May 18, 10:53am

Guest

China is handling US trade pressure better than Japan did in the 1980s. China’s response - increasing imports and accelerating domestic structural reforms - will support high-quality long-term growth
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China won't wait

9 May 18, 8:34am

Guest

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P.H. Yu argues that the survival of the existing international order depends on the West's willingness to reform it
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Why we need globalisation

4 May 18, 9:32am

Guest

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Given free trade, migration & foreign direct investment promise far-reaching potential gains for all parties involved, Koichi Hamada asks will we allow ignorance & political opportunism to prevent us from realising them?
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