{"podcast":{"title":"Global Trade with Fexingo: WTO, Free Trade Agreements, and International Commerce","slug":"global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813","podcast_index_feed_id":7871813,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/global-trade.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":116,"summary":"Global Trade with Fexingo is a daily examination of the rules, institutions, and politics that govern international commerce. Lucas and Luna dissect the latest developments at the World Trade Organization, from dispute rulings and tariff disputes to the stalling Doha Round. They map the patchwork of free trade agreements — from the USMCA and RCEP to the AfCFTA — and assess how these deals reshape supply chains, labor standards, and intellectual property protections. Each episode grounds abstract policy in concrete numbers: the volume of trade at stake, the tariff lines that matter, the winners and losers in specific industries. The show is for trade economists, policy analysts, and business leaders who need to understand how trade tensions affect their operations. Lucas brings the global perspective; Luna stresses the real-world impact on exporters, importers, and workers. Together, they avoid ideology and focus on the data: what does a new EU carbon border adjustment mean for Indian steel? How does a Chinese export ban on rare earths hit electric vehicle production? Listeners leave each episode with a clearer map of the world's commercial arteries — and the choke points that coul…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T16:21:13.899418+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813"},"episode":{"title":"The One Rule That Created the Global Rare Earth Trade","slug":"the-one-rule-that-created-the-global-rare-earth-trade","published_at":"2026-07-06T07:39:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813/the-one-rule-that-created-the-global-rare-earth-trade","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/episode-0094.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/episode-0094.mp3","summary":"Episode 94 of Global Trade with Fexingo dissects the single trade rule that transformed rare earth elements from obscure chemical curiosities into the strategic backbone of modern electronics, magnets, and defense systems. Hosts Lucas and Luna trace the 1990s-era WTO ruling that forced China to open its rare earth supply chain, the subsequent market dominance, and the current scramble for alternative sources. They focus on China's 2010 export quota dispute that sent prices soaring 1,200 percent in months, the WTO's 2014 compliance ruling, and how Australia's Lynas Rare Earths became the world's largest non-Chinese processor. The episode ends with a look at the 2026 policy landscape, including the US Defense Production Act investments and the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act. Specific numbers include China's 90 percent market share in permanent magnets and the $20 billion global rare earth magnet market projected for 2027. #RareEarth #WTO #CriticalRawMaterials #LynasRareEarths #ChinaExportQuotas #PermanentMagnets #SupplyChain #TradePolicy #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #GlobalTrade #DefenseProductionAct #EU #USMCA #Mining #Geopolitics #IndustrialPolicy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 94 of Global Trade with Fexingo dissects the single trade rule that transformed rare earth elements from obscure chemical curiosities into the str…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813/episodes/the-one-rule-that-created-the-global-rare-earth-trade/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813/the-one-rule-that-created-the-global-rare-earth-trade.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}