{"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 Made Global Meat Trade Possible","slug":"the-one-rule-that-made-global-meat-trade-possible","published_at":"2026-07-06T19:48:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-trade-with-fexingo-wto-free-trade-agreements-and-international-commerce-7871813/the-one-rule-that-made-global-meat-trade-possible","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-0095.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/episode-0095.mp3","summary":"Episode 95 of Global Trade with Fexingo explores the single regulatory framework that underpins the $200 billion international meat trade: the World Organisation for Animal Health's Terrestrial Code. Lucas and Luna trace how a 1968 outbreak of rinderpest in Europe led to standardized health certifications for beef, pork, and poultry shipments. They examine a specific 2023 dispute between Brazil and the EU over foot-and-mouth disease zoning, and explain why the Code's 'compartmentalization' principle allows trade to continue even when diseases are present. The episode reveals how one set of rules prevents a single sick cow in Texas from halting shipments from Argentina, and why the system is facing new pressure from lab-grown meat and avian influenza. No previous episode has covered the trade logistics of animal products. #MeatTrade #WTO #AnimalHealth #TerrestrialCode #WOAH #Rinderpest #FootAndMouthDisease #BeefExports #PoultryTrade #PorkTrade #Brazil #EuropeanUnion #Compartmentalization #LabGrownMeat #AvianInfluenza #Economics #TradePolicy #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 95 of Global Trade with Fexingo explores the single regulatory framework that underpins the $200 billion international meat trade: the World Organ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":653,"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-made-global-meat-trade-possible/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-made-global-meat-trade-possible.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}