{"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 Trade in Lithium Possible","slug":"the-one-rule-that-made-global-trade-in-lithium-possible","published_at":"2026-07-16T19:51:37+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-trade-in-lithium-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-0115.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/episode-0115.mp3","summary":"Episode 115 of Global Trade with Fexingo dives into the single rule that enabled the global trade in lithium, the key battery metal powering EVs and electronics. Lucas and Luna unpack UN GHS hazard communication standards—specifically the Globally Harmonized System—that allowed lithium to move across borders safely after decades of fragmented national regulations. They trace how a 1992 Rio Earth Summit agreement slowly harmonized warning labels and safety data sheets, and why it took until 2008 for the first major revision to actually cover lithium compounds. The episode also looks at how this rule quietly undercut trade barriers non-tariff hidden ones that once forced battery makers to reformulate for each country. A specific story from Chile's Salar de Atacama and a cargo rejection in Rotterdam illustrates the before-and-after. Plus: a low-key listener-support moment midway. #LithiumTrade #GHS #HazardCommunication #BatterySupplyChain #GlobalTrade #NonTariffBarriers #ChemicalRegulation #UN #RioEarthSummit #SalarDeAtacama #RotterdamPort #ElectricVehicles #CriticalMinerals #TradeRules #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #SupplyChain Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Episode 115 of Global Trade with Fexingo dives into the single rule that enabled the global trade in lithium, the key battery metal powering EVs and elect…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":563,"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-trade-in-lithium-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-trade-in-lithium-possible.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}