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Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs + Gaming How a Trade War Ends
Emily and Geoff are recuperating from a busy Liberation Day of new tariff announcements. On this week’s episode, they break down what new tariffs the President announced, rais...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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What Tariffs to Expect When You’re Expecting Liberation Day
Emily and Geoff catch up on the Trump administration’s first big action on China tech competition, before digesting this week’s big tariff news (on autos) and looking ahead to...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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“Chokepoints” with Edward Fishman
Emily and Geoff are joined by Eddie Fishman to discuss his new best-selling book Chokepoints, on how America has weaponized the global economy. They share economic war stories...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Edward Fishman
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Canada Reacts to Trump Tariffs with CBC’s Alexander Panetta
Alexander Panetta, Washington correspondent for CBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, joins Geoff and Emily to discuss Canada’s reactions to the latest trade war salvos....
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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America First Investment Policy + Europe's Trump Strategy with Agathe Demarais
Emily and Geoff catch up on the America First Investment Policy memo and other news from the last week, before sitting down with Agathe Demarais of the European Council on For...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Bruce Andrews on the Geopolitics of Semiconductors
Emily and Geoff quickly debrief on the week’s tariff news, including new 25% levies on steel and aluminum imports, before chatting all things semiconductors with Bruce Andrews...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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O Canada! Making Sense of Last Weekend's Tariffs
Emily and Geoff digest this past weekend’s on-again, off-again 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, as well as the 10% tariffs on China (that at least for now are still here), an...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Colombia Tariffs, Banning Chinese Drones, and Stacie Pettyjohn on Drone Warfare
Emily and Geoff play a quick round of Tariff Tarot to dissect Trump’s tariff threats on Colombia last weekend. Then they dig in to the bipartisan debate over banning various c...
By Emily Kilcrease, Stacie Pettyjohn & Geoffrey Gertz
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America First Trade Policy and Trump's First 100 Days
Emily and Geoff dive in on the unfinished business Trump is inheriting and unpack what we learned from the America First Trade Policy executive memo. Plus we share a few thoug...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Biden’s Big Bet to Control AI Diffusion with Paul Scharre
AI expert Paul Scharre, executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, joins Emily and Geoff to dig into the Biden Administration’...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Paul Scharre
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Commerce's Role in Economic Security with Deputy Secretary Don Graves
Deputy Secretary Don Graves joins Emily to talk about the national security mission of the Department of Commerce and to unveil Commerce’s national security strategy. Read th...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Taking Trump’s Tariffs Threats Seriously
Join Emily and Geoff to catch up on a whole bunch of economic security news, including the ill fated Nippon Steel / U.S. Steel deal, new chips export controls, and TikTik’s ba...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump’s Treasury and Commerce nominations + Nippon Steel’s bid for U.S. Steel
Emily and Geoff react to the nominations of Scott Bessent for U.S. Treasury Secretary and Howard Lutnick for U.S. Commerce Secretary and overall point man for trade and tariff...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump 2.0's Economic Security Agenda
Emily and Geoff switch from obsessing over the election to obsessing over the transition. They dig into what a Trump 2.0 presidency will mean for tariffs, sanctions, export co...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Careers in Economic Security with Michèle Flournoy and John Hughes
Emily and Geoff tackle some of the most common questions on starting and building a career in the field of economic security, with the help of Michèle Flournoy, former Under S...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz, Michèle Flournoy & John Hughes
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
That escalated quickly! Emily and Geoff discuss why the U.S. aim to deny China access to the computing power necessary for frontier AI capabilities has led to an ever expandin...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Pablo Chavez
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Europe’s Take on Economic Security with EU Ambassador to the U.S. Jovita Neliupšienė
Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė, the European Union's Ambassador to the United States, joins Emily and Geoff for a wide-ranging conversation on Europe's growing role as a econom...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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What's behind Washington's plans to ban Chinese tech in cars?
Geoffrey Gertz joins the BBC to discuss Washington's latest efforts to regulate Chinese tech. Listen to the full episode from Business Matters....
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Geopolitical Doomscrolling
Geoff and Emily talk about the tensions between social media platforms and governments around the world, including Telegram’s troubles in France and X’s spats with Brazil and ...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Carrie Cordero
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Economic Security in Asia Part 2: The Pivot to Asia with Richard Fontaine
Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, joins Emily and Geoff to discuss his new book, co-authored with Robert Blackwill, Lost Decade: The US Pivot to...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Richard Fontaine