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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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Talking Europe

FRANCE 24 English

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Politicians, activists and researchers debate the issues facing the EU and a 'guest of the week' offers their insight in a long-format interview that gets to the heart of the matter. Saturday at 7:15pm.
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Back to the Future: a New Era of Managed Trade? Globalisation’s next chapter is being written, driven by concerns about supply chain risks. The global trade in goods is increasingly seen through a security prism in capitals around the world and governments are developing new policies to reduce unwanted dependencies, seek new sources of leverage and guarantee supplies. Trade links are being reordered as policymakers scramble to secure access to strategic materials and positions in global valu ...
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Across Africa

FRANCE 24 English

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Join Georja Calvin-Smith for a round up of the week's cultural and current affairs stories from across the African continent: exclusive reports and analysis. Every Thursday at 3:45pm Paris time.
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SoMe Insights

Social Media Insights

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Social Media Insights is the platform for conversations with the professionals behind social media accounts of organizations, governments, and executives. SoMe Insights is co-hosted by Dante Licona, a social media strategist based in Geneva, and Matthias Lüfkens, founder of DigiTips.
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Business 20/20

The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

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This podcast series explores the changing relationship between business and society from 1999 to today. Each episode unpacks a key event—from the Seattle WTO protests to the global financial crisis and beyond—to find insights for the future. Produced by the Aspen Institute’s Business & Society Program and hosted by Michelle Harven.
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CATALYST

Fox School of Business | Temple University

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CATALYST is about pivotal moments that shape business and the global economy. We tap into the expertise of Temple University’s Fox School of Business faculty and business community to dig deep into today’s most pressing questions, like: What is the future of work? Will the WTO stop working? Who is winning the global AI race? We decode topics from philosophical and practical standpoints so you, the workforce, can spark change in your field.
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Free trade or fair trade? This unit will help you to analyse the relationship that exists between developed and developing countries under the World Trade Organization regime of Development Round negotiations. The current world trade regime has a very mixed record in promoting growth and reducing poverty. This study unit is just one of many that can be found on LearningSpace, part of OpenLearn, a collection of open educational resources from The Open University. Published in ePub 2.0.1 forma ...
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A fast-moving history of the western world from the ancient world to the present day. Examine how the emergence of the western world as a global dominant power was not something that should ever have been taken for granted. This podcast traces the development of western civilization starting in the ancient Near East, through Greece and Rome, past the collapse of the Western Roman Empire into the Dark Ages, and then follows European and, ultimately, American history as the western world moved ...
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Trade Splaining

Ardian Mollabeqiri & Robert Skidmore

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A fun and entertaining look at global affairs, trade and the United Nations, brought to you from the perspective of two American expats living in Switzerland. They try to keep a straight face while recapping the latest in current events and the local scene in Geneva, Switzerland as well as interviews with fellow expats on the international scene and leaders in their respective fields.
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The changes needed to support living-wage jobs, to combat the climate crisis, to make medicines accessible for all... Much of it won’t be possible unless we overhaul our corporate-rigged trade system. Trade Expert Lori Wallach explores ways to make our progressive trade vision a reality. Episodes 1 - 43 were produced in partnership with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch.
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Trade Policy Comments with Christofer Fjellner MEP

Trade Policy Comments with Christofer Fjellner MEP

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Trade Policy Comments with discussions on the latest in European and international trade. The EU’s free-trade agreements, how the EU will trade with Britain after Brexit, trade defence and what is happening at the WTO are some of the topics we put on the table. Trade Policy Comments is hosted by Christofer Fjellner, Member of the European Parliament, with twelve years in the Committee for International Trade. Each episode features a knowledgeable guest.
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Intrigue Explained

Dmitry Grozoubinski, Helen Zhang and John Fowler

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Three former Australian diplomats (John Fowler, Helen Zhang and Dmitry Grozoubinski) shed light on major topics in international relations by offering their unique perspectives from inside the rooms where decisions are made. Based on the fantastic content in the freekly weekly newsletter International Intrigue: https://www.internationalintrigue.io?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=show&utm_campaign=intintrigue
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Matrix Podcast

Social Science Matrix

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The Matrix Podcast features interviews with social scientists from across the University of California, Berkeley campus (and beyond). It also features recordings of events, including panels and lectures. The Matrix Podcast is produced by Social Science Matrix, an interdisciplinary research center at the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Global Economy Podcast is a podcast by ECIPE, a think tank dedicated to international economic policy. This podcast will discuss international economic policy and politics, particularly in Europe, and expose the key debates in our time to critical examination. We are unrepentant supporters of globalisation and an open world order, and just like our other work, this podcast will channel irreverent and contrarian views.
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Engagement is one of the hallmarks of great conversation. This will be the core of a twelve-part, bi-weekly video streaming series for Toronto Star. Howard Green, author of three bestselling business books and part of the founding team at BNN (now BNN Bloomberg) will host. Known for his in-depth, probing, human interviews of business leaders and policy makers, Green will bring his decades of experience to bear, giving viewers unusual insight into influencers and power brokers -- and the key ...
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The director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says Global trade is seeing increasing protectionism, some undermining of the WTO rules, and some of this is leading to fragmentation. She says Global trade is really part of the lifeblood for making countries resilient - and also for underpinning growth which is wha…
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Today I sit down with author DW Gibson and discuss his latest book: One Week to Change the World: An Oral History of the 1999 WTO Protests. One week in late 1999, more than 50,000 people converged on Seattle. Their goal: to shut down the World Trade Organization conference and send a message that working-class people would not quietly accept the ru…
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In this episode of the #SoMeInsights Podcast, Dante Licona and Matthias Lüfkens talk to Jana Borges, the Head of Audio-visual and Social Media at the World Trade Organization (WTO).She shared how her team works with zero tolerance for jargon for some of the content, and focuses on creating content that is good for WTO, good for their audience, and …
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Pascal Lamy, a 77-year-old "globalist" Frenchman who has staked his decades-long career on the idea that more Europe is always better than less, has told FRANCE 24 he's hopeful that the solid gains by hard-right and Eurosceptic parties in the EU elections will spur Europe's 500 million citizens to build more bridges. Speaking to Douglas Herbert, La…
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Washington has launched a fresh round of tariff war against Chinese products, including electric vehicles, lithium batteries, semiconductors, steel, and several other categories. How should we interpret these tariffs' impacts? Will high tariffs get the manufacturing industry back to America? Let’s find out more with Zheng Yun, a senior partner of R…
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One of Hollywood's oldest companies, Paramount Global, has agreed to merge with independent film studio Skydance Media. Under the deal, Paramount's non-executive chair Shari Redstone will sell her family's controlling stake in the company in a complex transaction that will result in a new firm worth around $28bn. The merger would combine Paramount,…
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Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the US found the company violated a deal meant to reform it after two fatal crashes by its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and crew. The Department of Justice says the plane maker had also agreed to pay a criminal fine of $243.6m (£190m). However, the families o…
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Niger's military leader, speaking alongside the junta chiefs from Mali and Burkina Faso, has said they are irrevocably turning their backs on the wider West African bloc, Ecowas. The three men are meeting together for the first time to cement an alliance created in the face of opposition from neighbouring countries. Soldiers took power in Mali, Bur…
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Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed the Rwanda deportation scheme is "dead and buried", on his first full day as prime minister. The Labour leader says he would end the gimmick of deporting migrants arriving in the UK illegally to Rwanda, which was established by the previous Conservative government. Labour campaigned on a manifesto pledge to scrap the …
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The Nigerian Government released ₦1.23tn to 17 ministries for the execution of capital projects in the third quarter of 2023. The Budget Implementation Report for Q3, 2023 released by the Budget Office on Sunday, was 75.4 per cent lower than the ₦5trn allocated for capital expenditure in the 2023 budget, resulting in a deficit of ₦3.8tn. The projec…
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The Director General National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Zubaida Umar has activated all Zonal, Territorial and Operation offices of the agency nationwide, to work with the States’ Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs) within their area of responsibilities, to carry out rescue operations and conduct assessment of the situation. NEMA says it…
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The Lagos State Government has issued a 48-hour eviction notice to property owners who have built illegal structures and to settlers along the Gbagada-Bariga Channel. The Lagos State Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, says property owners who deliberately built structures that obstruct the free flow of water in the area…
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Talking Europe speaks to one of France’s most distinguished diplomats. Philippe Etienne, once dubbed “Macron’s diplomatic brain,” has been the French ambassador to Washington and Berlin as well as the permanent representative to the European Union. We ponder Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House – something that Etienne says could pose …
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The EU has long talked about unfair competition from China. After a nine-month probe, Brussels announced additional tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, establishing that those cars have benefited heavily from “unfair subsidies”, which pose a threat electric vehicle producers in Europe. Beijing has accused the EU of “naked protectionism” which it …
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The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries and reshaping the global landscape. Innovations driven by AI technologies are enhancing efficiency, and creating new opportunities across sectors. How will the rise of AI transform industries? What are the development and potential risks of AI? And what is the developm…
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Send us a Text Message. In 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 Brazi…
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Kenya's High Court has approved the use of military force to restore order, following days of anti-tax protests that at some point overwhelmed police. More than 20 people have reportedly been killed in the nationwide protests that are largely led by young people opposed to government plans to increase taxes. Armoured military vehicles patrolled str…
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South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has unveiled a new coalition government after his ruling African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in May's elections. He says the government of national unity is unprecedented in the history of democracy. The ANC will have 20 out of 32 cabinet posts, while the Democratic Alliance (DA) …
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Toyota Nigeria Limited has announced plans to roll out three electric vehicles in the country in the next three years as part of its support for the government’s green deal initiative. Managing Director of TNL, Mr. Kunle Ade-Ojo says the end of this year, they will be introducing the first hybrid electric vehicle, the Toyota Cross, the RAV4 hybrid …
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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has removed five oil blocks from the ongoing licensing round due to legal disputes as investors begin registration for the 2024 Licensing Round. The five oil blocks are said to be under various litigation. The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission confirmed the development. The affec…
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The Lagos State says it is receiving additional support from the World Health Organisation, as it now battles an outbreak of Cholera at the Kirikiri prison. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, says an outbreak of 25 cases of severe gastroenteritis caused by Cholera occurred at Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, adding tha…
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President Bola Tinubu has condemned the suicide bomb blast in Borno State, describing it as a desperate act of terror. 18 people were killed when four suicide bombers set off improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Gwoza, the North-Eastern state. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, conveyed the President’s condolence message. President Tinubu des…
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In this episode of the #SoMeInsights Podcast, Dante Licona and Matthias Lüfkens talk to Laurens Soenen, the Communications Coordinator for the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU @EU2024BE, and a Communication Strategist for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium.He shared insights about how a team of young professionals carried on the …
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The European Greens lost a third of their seats in the EU elections earlier this month. Bas Eickhout, co-president of the group in the European Parliament, points out that the Greens actually increased their strength in some parts of the EU – but admits that their message did not cut through to a lot of voters. The Dutch MEP tells Armen Georgian th…
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