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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 5d

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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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 5d

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 · 5d

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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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 21d

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

youtu.be

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 19d

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)....

www.wto.org

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 19d

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.

tradetalkspodcast.com

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Jul 14

COMING APRIL 2026

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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 ...

www.simonandschuster.com

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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

a.co/d/d4qPo3p

Amazon.com

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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

www.nytimes.com

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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

www.ft.com

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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...

www.piie.com

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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

www.ft.com

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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...

www.piie.com

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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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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 22

they don’t like tariffs

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 19

Ford stops exporting pickup trucks, SUVs and sports cars to China because of retaliatory tariffs, the latest effect on the auto sector from the Trump’s escalating trade war.

by Mike Colias

Exclusive | Ford Halts Shipments of F-150s and Other Models to China

Retaliatory tariffs have raised Chinese duties on vehicle imports from the U.S. to 150%.

www.wsj.com

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 15

in retrospect, i guess that is *OPPOSITE* of bucket list then

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 15

which i think just means Statista charges people for a chart they could get for free from our website at PIIE?

and note Statista has not asked if they can post this chart or charge for it.

hmmmm

so maybe go to the PIIE website and get the free version?

www.piie.com/research/pii...

US-China Trade War Tariffs: An Up-to-Date Chart

www.piie.com

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 15

BUCKET LIST!!!

have become a Statista chart

Share of China and U.S. trade affected by punitive tariffs 2025 | Statista

In April 2025, 100 percent of China's exports to the United States were affected by the U.S.

www.statista.com

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 13

Focus, for a moment, on all of the goods that remain hit by Trump's massive new tariff barrage.

Excellent explainer and data viz from @nassosstylianou.bsky.social et al

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 12

The Presidential Memorandum exempting smartphones — errr, things that have semiconductors in them — from some of Trump’s tariffs is now available

Clarification of Exceptions Under Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, as Amended

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE UNITED STATES TRADE

www.whitehouse.gov

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 12

In historical terms, today’s exemptions do mirror Trump’s exceptions for smartphones and consumer electronics during the Trump 1.0 tariff barrage of 2018-19…

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Aime Williams @aimewilliams.bsky.social · Apr 12

Some big exemptions to Trump's reciprocal tariffs here, notably on consumer goods like smartphones, laptops, earphones etc. Big win for US tech, esp Apple. www.ft.com/content/3eb4...

Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs after market rout

Exemption is first sign of softening of levies against China and provides a huge boost for Apple

www.ft.com

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · Apr 12

Trump reportedly has now decided to also exclude smartphones from the steep tariffs he first announced April 2. (Details on implementation TBD)

by @aimewilliams.bsky.social et al

Trump excludes smartphones from reciprocal tariffs

Tech including routers and selected computers get reprieve after a week of turbulence in US markets

www.ft.com

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