{"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 Recycled Plastics Possible","slug":"the-one-rule-that-made-global-trade-in-recycled-plastics-possible","published_at":"2026-07-13T20:09:29+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-recycled-plastics-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-0109.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/global-trade/episode-0109.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna look at a single trade rule no one talks about: how the Basel Convention's 2019 amendment reshaped the global flow of recycled plastics. They trace what happened after China's 2018 National Sword policy shut its doors to scrap imports, why the new rule created a two-tier market for high-grade versus low-grade waste, and which countries emerged as the unexpected winners. Specific numbers include the drop in plastic waste exports from 14 million tonnes in 2017 to under 5 million in 2023, and the rise of Southeast Asian processors importing post-consumer PET under the new prior-notification regime. The episode also shows why scrap plastic doesn't fit neatly into existing trade frameworks and how the amendment affects recyclers in the US and EU today. #BaselConvention #PlasticWaste #RecycledPlastics #NationalSword #ChinaPolicy #WasteTrade #CircularEconomy #PETRecycling #SoutheastAsia #TradeRule #EnvironmentalRegulation #WasteManagement #PlasticExports #GlobalTrade #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #LucasAndLuna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna look at a single trade rule no one talks about: how the Basel Convention's 2019 amendment reshaped the global flow of recycled plastics. Th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":560,"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-recycled-plastics-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-recycled-plastics-possible.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}