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Chad P. Bown
@chadpbown.com
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
Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

(photo credit Getty)
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
🤓 BUCKET LIST 🤓

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December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
BREAKING: "USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation of China’s Implementation of Phase One Agreement"

👉 ustr.gov/about/policy...

ME: Here are the FACTS about China's purchases of US exports relative to the commitments set out under the US-China Phase One Agreement

👉 www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
October 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
COMING APRIL 2026
July 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
i think TARIFF might mean something different here in Glasgow
April 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
they don’t like tariffs
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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
April 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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…
April 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
can confirm. US average tariff on China of 134.7 percent is still a "really, really high tariff"

Source: www.piie.com/research/pii...
April 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
with a h/t to @simonlester.com

CBP has received an EO!

Source: content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd...
April 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Absolutely piercing insights from this guy:

Source: www.ft.com/content/e5ba...
April 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
can someone send me the Tariff Formula that explains this
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This time our Tariff Chart update was accurate for 40 minutes before the President changed US tariffs again.
April 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Skip still exhausted from the tariffs
April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
wait.

Trump hits Cameroon with a 11% tariff according to Annex I but Trump hits Cameroon with a 12% tariff according to Annex III

CAN SOMEONE CHECK THE FORMULA???
April 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Meanwhile, back in Metropolis...

Trump administration invokes Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) of USMCA for first time.

US is worried about denial of worker rights - freedom of association / collective bargaining - in a Mexican auto parts plant.

Source: ustr.gov/about/policy...
April 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Today, April 2, President Trump added another 34% tariff on imports from China.

This is in addition to the 10% on February 4, the 10% on March 4, and the substantial increase during Trump 1.0.

Starting April 5, the average US tariff on imports from China will be 76%.
April 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
President Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Chart
April 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
so HOW LEGAL is all this trade policy stuff? i am here and i have so many questions
March 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
even during tough times for international cooperation, it is always good to head North to see trade nerd friends
March 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
one thing about the Trump administration's "Mar-a-Lago Accord" thingie is it does contain some pretty harsh trolling on p. 39...

Source: www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG...
March 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On Truth Social, President Trump suggests a new US policy of "Secondary Tariffs":

If country X chooses to purchase Venezuelan oil or gas, all exports of country X to the United States will be hit with a new 25% tariff.
March 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🆕 JOB AD! 🆕

TARIFFS are here. More are coming.

Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS?

Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time?

@piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me.

APPLY today 👉 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
March 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Charlevoix

(Segment on Ukraine)

Source: www.state.gov/statement-of...
March 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
from my amazing wife
March 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM