Hinrich Foundation is a unique Asia-based philanthropic organization that works to advance mutually beneficial and sustainable global trade. We believe sustainable global trade strengthens relationships between nations and improves people’s lives. We support original research and education programs that build understanding and leadership in global trade. Our approach is independent, fact-based and objective.
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Special Ep. - Unpacking the dollar's global dominance
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48:23In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents-USA sits down with Senior Research Fellow Stewart Paterson to unpack the US dollar’s global dominance and what we are still getting wrong. As the linchpin of the international monetary system, the US dollar’…
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Special Ep. - Craig Allen on the US-China technology competition
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28:57In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents sits down with Craig Allen, former President of the US-China Business Council, to assess how China is redefining innovation, what the US gets wrong about it, and why this global race is more complex and c…
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Special Ep. - What Global Markets Should Expect from China’s Slowdown
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44:56In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents sits down with Senior Research Fellow Stewart Paterson to unpack why China has struggled to rebalance its economy toward the consumption-led growth it desperately needs. China’s economic slowdown is sendi…
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Special Ep. - Trump’s war on trade: What’s next for Europe?
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55:18In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents sits down with Senior Research Fellow Keith Rockwell to discuss how Europe plans to deal with Trump and the impact on the world’s most important alliance. On 10 February, Donald Trump announced a 25% tari…
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Special Ep. - The rise of industrial policies and their global impact
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24:53In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents-USA sits down with Jia Hui Tee, Senior Trade Policy Analyst at the Hinrich Foundation, to discuss the rise of industrial policies and potential implications to trade and sustainability. In recent years, indu…
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Special Ep. - Fighting subsidies with subsidies
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15:23After a long dormant period, industrial policy is back and dramatically reshaping global manufacturing. As large-scale subsidies proliferate, countries that used to take a laissez-faire approach to market governance have entered a race to subsidize strategic sectors. Companies are responding. Tune in here for an experimental 'podcast' on Kieran Tho…
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Special Ep. - Europe’s right turn: A threat to trade?
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52:14In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents sits down with Keith Rockwell, Senior Research Fellow at the Hinrich Foundation, to discuss the future of Europe’s trade dynamics in light of its shifting political landscape. While the recent elections i…
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Special Ep. - What’s at stake if the WTO fails its global e-commerce deal?
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39:33In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents interviews Deborah Elms on the WTO’s landmark e-commerce agreement. In July, The Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) on Electronic Commerce achieved a historic milestone in global trade, as 82 World Trade Or…
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Special Ep. - How oil is adding fuel to global fragmentation
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32:19In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, Patrícia Vasconcellos from the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents and Robert York, Director of Regional Affairs at the think tank Pacific Forum, delve into how shifting oil trade dynamics are fueling global fragmentation. Following Russia’s in…
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Special Ep. - Unilateral green rules and voluntary standards
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31:33In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, Patrícia Vasconcellos from the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents interviews Hinrich Foundation Research Grant recipient Rodrigo Fagundes Cezar about the impact of unilateral green rules and voluntary standards on Brazil’s green transition. Am…
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Special Ep. - The impact of trade in this US presidential election year
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26:05In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, Patrícia Vasconcellos from the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents talks to Inu Manak, fellow for Trade Policy at the Council for Foreign Relations, discussing the role of US trade policy in current presidential election year. Trade exerts a pr…
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Special Ep. - A trade talk with Keith Rockwell
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38:20In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, Patrícia Vasconcellos from the US Association of Foreign Press Correspondents and Keith Rockwell, former WTO director and senior research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation delve into the evolving global trade patterns. There is a notable shift in global tr…
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Special Ep. - Why the WTO can't find a path to consensus
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37:38In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, Alan Herrera of the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA) and Hinrich Foundation Head of Trade Policy Deborah Elms explore the complexities of decision-making within the World Trade Organization (WTO) as the 13th Mini…
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Special Ep. - The semiconductor trade wars
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37:37The semiconductor is at the forefront of the convergence of global trade and geopolitics. McKinsey projects the industry will reach a trillion dollars by 2030, up from US$574 billion last year according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. The industry, however, is increasingly at the mercy of the most intense geopolitical contest in the worl…
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Special Ep. - Decarbonizing the global steel industry
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25:16In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, guest host Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA) and Executive Director of Asia Trade Center Deborah Elms, discuss how lack of standardization is proving to be a challenge in decarboniz…
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Special Ep. - Is globalization under threat?
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30:11In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s podcast on global trade, guest host Nii Akrofi Smart-Abbey from the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents in the United States (AFPC-USA) talks to Hinrich Foundation Research Fellow Stewart Paterson, delving into a discussion centered around the question of whether globaliz…
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Ep 5. - Trade digitization is everything, everywhere. Why?
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39:39In this fifth edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation's podcast on global trade, Hinrich Foundation Research Fellow Stewart Paterson speaks with former New Zealand trade negotiator Stephanie Honey on the seeming ubiquity of trade digitization and the resistance in parts of the global trade supply chain to digital facilitation. In the la…
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Special Ep. - Assessing US Objectives for APEC 2023
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41:35In this special edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation’s global trade podcast, guest host former US Representative Charles Boustany leads a discussion on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum 2023 with former US Deputy Trade Representative Robert Holleyman and Shihoko Goto of the Wilson Center. The episode was first featur…
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Ep. 4 - Inside the US and China’s disintegrating relationship
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29:01In this fourth edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation's podcast on global trade, Research Fellow Stewart Paterson speaks with Naoise McDonagh, Senior Lecturer in the School of Business and Law at Australia’s Edith Cowan University, on the national security calculus driving decoupling and the crucial role of legal contestability of such…
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Ep. 3 - How China’s state-led economy uses world markets
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27:17In this third edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation's podcast on global trade, our Research Fellow Stewart Paterson speaks with Emily de la Bruyère, co-founder of Horizon Advisory and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defence of Democracy, on China’s growing global export prowess, its leverage on world markets, and trade depen…
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Ep. 2 - China, the US, and a quarrel with globalization
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33:29In this second edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation's podcast on global trade, our Research Fellow Stewart Paterson speaks with Jeff Ferry, chief economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America, on how globalization has evolved from a worldwide success for multinational corporations to a dilemma for the American economy, blamed f…
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Ep. 1 - Salt and horses: Brexit and British prices
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33:46In this first edition of Current Accounts, the Hinrich Foundation's newly launched trade podcast, our Research Fellow Stewart Paterson speaks with Jan David Bakker, of Bocconi University, on the rise of non-tariff barriers to trade, their impact on economic welfare, and the nature of data analysis on traded goods from horses to salt. As the United …
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