Elbows up, again: a US-Canada trade flare-up
Promising trade talks imploded after a literal 11th-hour change from the American side. We examine the new trade barriers being erected, and the complex calculation for Prime Minister Mark Carney. In Japan Gen X workers are even still bearing the costs of an economic bubble-burst from the 1990s. And how fates of civilisations have turned on sieges throughout history.
Guests and host:
- Hal Hodson, Americas editor
- Moeka Iida, East Asia reporter
- Richard Cockett, senior digital editor
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- Canada, the United States, tariffs, Mark Carney, trade war
- Japan, Gen X, labour market
- sieges, world history
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Correction (August 26th): We originally published a version of this podcast stated that Japan's bubble era spanned the 1970s and 1980s. It was only the 1980s. Apologies for the error.
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