The Trade Challenge, With Edward Alden and Ana Swanson (Election 2024, Episode 3)

Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the CFR and the Ross Distinguished Visiting Professor at Western Washington University, and Ana Swanson, a trade and international economics journalist at the New York Times, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss opportunities and constraints that the next U.S. president will confront on U.S. trade policy. This episode is the third in a special TPI series on the U.S. 2024 presidential election and is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

This episode was originally released by The President’s Inbox on October 1, 2024.

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Host

Jim Lindsay
Mary and David Boies distinguished senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy, CFR

Episode Guest

Edward Alden
Senior fellow, CFR

Ana Swanson
Trade and international economics journalist, the New York Times

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