{"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 Soybean Trade Possible","slug":"the-one-rule-that-made-global-soybean-trade-possible","published_at":"2026-07-11T07:38:06+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-soybean-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-0104.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/episode-0104.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the single regulatory breakthrough that turned soybeans from a niche rotational crop into the world's most traded agricultural commodity by value. They trace the story back to the 1970s when Brazil and the US clashed over a seemingly trivial issue: moisture content standards. How a harmonized 14 percent moisture rule, negotiated through the UNECE and later adopted by the WTO, unlocked global feed and cooking oil markets. The conversation covers the role of the Chicago Board of Trade in setting grade standards, the impact on deforestation in the Cerrado, and why China's 60 percent share of global soybean imports makes the rule more fragile today. Specific numbers: soybeans account for over $60 billion in annual trade, and Brazil exported 85 million tons in 2025. A concrete look at how one technical standard reshaped agriculture, geopolitics, and your supermarket shelf. #SoybeanTrade #AgriculturalCommodities #WTO #UNECE #MoistureContent #BrazilSoybeans #USFarmers #ChinaImports #ChicagoBoardOfTrade #GrainStandards #GlobalTrade #FeedSupplyChain #CookingOil #CerradoDeforestation #TradeRules #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the single regulatory breakthrough that turned soybeans from a niche rotational crop into the world's most traded…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":541,"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-soybean-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-soybean-trade-possible.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}