Chad P. Bown

by Chad P. Bown — Reposted by Adam S. Posen, Iikka Korhonen

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

US-China tariffs: where do they currently stand?

- US average tariff on imports from China: 57.6%
- China average tariff on imports from US: 32.6%

Note: We have been updating this chart since September 2019

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

Average US tariffs on Chinese exports now stand at 57.6 percent and cover 100 percent of all goods. China's average tariffs on US exports are at 32.6 percent and cover 100 percent of all goods. US tar...

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by Michael A. Clemens — Reposted by Chad P. Bown

Michael Clemens

@mclem.org

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

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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

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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by Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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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by Chad P. Bown — Reposted by Justin Sandefur

by Chad P. Bown — Reposted by John McLaren

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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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Reposted by Chad P. Bown

Peterson Institute for International Economics

@piie.com

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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by Chad P. Bown

CITP

@thecitp.bsky.social

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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by Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

COMING APRIL 2026

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by Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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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by Chad P. Bown — Reposted by Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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

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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by Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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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by Chad P. Bown

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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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by Chad P. Bown — Reposted by Tony Addison

Chad P. Bown

@chadpbown.com

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