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Chad P. Bown

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Reginald Jones Senior Fellow @PIIE.com @Trade--Talks.bsky.social Podcast host Former State Department, White House, WTO, World Bank, Professor I think about trade and policy. Probably too much Me: www.chadpbown.com Pod: www.tradetalkspodcast.com .. more

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Chad P. Bown is an American economist. He served as chief economist at the U.S. Department of State in the Biden administration from January 2024 to January 2025.

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Jul 14

COMING APRIL 2026

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 7d

Two of our finest thinkers and communicators on economic policy, @soumayakeynes.ft.com and @chadpbown.com, have done us a favor by writing this—>

Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 7d

Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!

Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 7d

Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!

Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 21d

Here is the announcement naming Robert Staiger as the WTO’s new Chief Economist…

www.wto.org/english/news...

Director-General announces appointment of new Chief Economist

Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala announced on 16 September the appointment of Robert W. Staiger as the new WTO Chief Economist and Director of the Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD)....

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 21d

The WTO has named Robert Staiger as its new Chief Economist.

Here is my @trade--talks.bsky.social podcast conversation in 2023 with Bob where he shared his thoughts about the WTO.

180. The WTO is in trouble. Econ 101 to the rescue?

How understanding the WTO’s past can help foster its revival – including for policy challenges like climate and China’s non-market economy.

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 23d

We were pleased to co-host the opening plenary of the @wto.org #WTOPublicForum, moderated by our @chadpbown.com & @ceciliamalmstrom.bsky.social on "Trade, trust and transformation: Business perspectives."
Watch here: youtu.be/ItHpmpYSsCw?...

Trade, trust and transformation: Business perspectives

YouTube video by WTO Conference Services

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CITP @thecitp.bsky.social · Jul 16

6 months into President Trump’s second term (this Sunday), our latest podcast unpacks what he might be trying to achieve with the imposition of tariffs and what it means for the global trading system 👉 on.soundcloud.com/VSnHeqSmAiic...

US trade policy in the first 6 months of Trump's second term

July 20, 2025, is six months since Trump’s inauguration for a second term in the White House. Since then, all previous norms of trade engagement have gone out of the window with the imposition (or thr

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Jul 14

Simon & Schuster are publishing in the United States...

How to Win a Trade War

Two top trade experts with popular economics podcasts argue for a new way of operating between the biggest economic powers in the world.We used to ...

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Jul 14

SCOOP: We have figured it out!

@soumayakeynes.ft.com and I are getting the Trade Talks team back together - not to podcast, but to write a book explaining

HOW TO WIN A TRADE WAR

Look for it at your local bookstore in April 2026, or pre-order it here or wherever you get yours

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · May 29

U.S. Court of International Trade said the president had overstepped his authority under the federal emergency powers law he invoked.

by Tony Romm & @anaswanson.bsky.social

Trump Tariffs Ruled Illegal by Federal Judicial Panel

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · May 29

NEW EXPORT CONTROLS?

US reportedly orders EDA companies to stop selling semiconductor design software to China.

Donald Trump orders US chip software suppliers to stop selling to China

Move by Washington is latest effort to stymie geopolitical rival’s technological advance

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · May 28

MY LATEST: Fear that a foreign export restriction will imperil economic security has driven part of the recent turn to tariffs.

How even modest cooperation between like-minded countries over trade/industrial policy now requires that they also commit not to use export restrictions on each other.

How export restrictions threaten economic security

Fear that a foreign government will impose export restrictions that imperil another country's economic and national security has driven part of the recent turn to industrial policy and the increased u...

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · May 7

UK and US are reportedly close to a limited trade pact that cushions the impact of Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs by granting lower-tariff quotas for British car and steel exports, according to officials in London and Washington.

by @aimewilliams.bsky.social et al

UK closes in on US trade pact with lower tariff quotas for cars and steel

London to offer concessions on digital services tax in deal that could be agreed this week

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Cecilia Malmström @ceciliamalmstrom.bsky.social · May 6

Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs www.piie.com/events/2025/...
With @chadpbown.com and @aranchagonzalez.bsky.social

Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs

According to US president Donald J. Trump, "tariff" is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Since he entered office, he has imposed a vast number of tariffs globally. He first imposed a global t...

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 30

i think TARIFF might mean something different here in Glasgow

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 30

a huge honor to be invited to Glasgow for the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy conference

CITP @thecitp.bsky.social · Apr 30

It's wonderful to have @chadpbown.com open our academic conference with his keynote speech, providing an update on US trade policy and how US policy was changing even before Trump 2.0.

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