Rethinking Trade with Lori Wallach
By Rethink Trade
The changes needed to support living-wage jobs, to combat the climate crisis, to make medicines accessible for all…
Much of it won’t be possible unless we overhaul our corporate-rigged trade system. Trade Expert Lori Wallach explores ways to make our progressive trade vision a reality.
Episodes 1 – 43 were produced in partnership with Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch.
Much of it won’t be possible unless we overhaul our corporate-rigged trade system. Trade Expert Lori Wallach explores ways to make our progressive trade vision a reality.
Episodes 1 – 43 were produced in partnership with Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch.

Trump Rollercoaster on Tariffs
Confused about the tariffs that just went into effect?It's hard not to be, given how they are being discussed in ...
00:10:06
March 07, 2025

Tariff Policy, Politics and Messaging
This new episode of the Rethinking Trade podcast is a little different. It’s about tariffs, an issue that’s cr...
00:56:03
January 22, 2025

NAFTA’s (Election) Damage Abides…
This new Rethinking Trade podcast episode is not a break from election anxiety, but can help explain the current...
00:17:26
November 01, 2024

The Trade Trap: How Tariffs and Offshor...
The imitable Zephyr Teachout wrote a fantastic piece that everyone seems to be reading about why tariffs and the...
00:15:43
October 26, 2024

The Truth About Tariffs: Targeted vs. A...
In this episode of Rethinking Trade, Lori Wallach breaks down the facts about tariffs—how they work, who pays t...
00:18:25
October 12, 2024

EU Exits ISDS, kinda...
Rapacious European corporations were top users of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) tribunals. For decades...
00:22:29
October 11, 2024

100 State Laws Big Tech Threatens with ...
Did you know that states across the country are taking steps right now to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), p...
00:17:44
October 04, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: Breaking Down Today's Wa...
It was a busy Friday on Capitol Hill, as the Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on digital trade.
If you ha...
00:05:23
September 21, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: White House Takes Action...
In this special breaking news episode of the Rethinking Trade podcast, Lori Wallach explains today's White Hou...
00:11:09
September 13, 2024

Unlocking the Right to Repair with Nath...
How many times has your phone, car, or whatever broken and you or your local repair shop can’t get the part or...
00:18:45
July 26, 2024

The OG Trade Crew on NAFTA to Now
Hello, friends!
We’ve got a new podcast episode and it’s a bit different!A veritable OG trade crew got togethe...
00:58:52
June 14, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: Understanding the New Bi...
In this special breaking news episode of Rethinking Trade, Lori Wallach breaks down President Biden's new tari...
00:13:51
May 20, 2024

The 30 Years Trade War: A Conversation ...
Our latest Rethinking Trade podcast episode is out now, and it's a special one.
Lori Wallach sits down with ...
00:19:27
May 17, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: De Minimis Bill Markup i...
In our latest breaking news segment for Rethinking Trade, Lori Wallach discusses the latest developments on Capito...
00:09:46
April 26, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: China's WTO Complaint Ag...
BREAKING NEWS: China's WTO Complaint Against the U.S. on Electric-Vehicle Subsidies.
Lori gives background, ...
00:09:04
March 27, 2024

Back from Abu Dhabi: Inside the WTO Bia...
In our latest episode of Rethinking Trade, we’re talking about the major trade event of the year -- the 13th M...
00:26:25
March 22, 2024

Don't Be Terrified of Tariffs (with Sco...
Tariffs are in the news again! Why does that term generate such vitriol from some quarters and joy from others?! ...
00:18:39
March 04, 2024

Death by Express Delivery: De Minimis T...
Our latest episode of the Rethinking Trade podcast offers an urgent update about the de minimis loophole that we f...
00:19:40
February 02, 2024

Out with the Old: ISDS & Charting a New...
In our latest episode, we have two very special guests - voices you will know - talking about a corporate trade po...
00:24:44
December 23, 2023

PART TWO: The AI Bill of Rights and Its...
Welcome back to the Rethinking Trade podcast. Today we bring you the second half of our conversation with Suresh V...
00:25:44
November 10, 2023

PART ONE: Unraveling AI Risks and Benef...
Greetings from DC!
OK, hope all you 2001: A Space Odyssey fans got a chuckle and no HAL9000 is not joining this...
00:21:17
October 20, 2023

MINI-EPISODE: The UAW Strike Story Not ...
Once you've finished listening to our new episode with Larry Cohen, check out this mini-episode as he discusse...
00:02:05
October 13, 2023

The UAW Strike Story Not on the News wi...
We're thrilled to present our latest episode of the Rethinking Trade podcast. Lori is joined by Larry Cohen, f...
00:25:21
October 13, 2023

The DMA, DSA, EU, AI and You
In the latest episode of Rethinking Trade, our guests unpack the specific policies safeguarding Europeans’ priv...
00:36:21
September 18, 2023

Airlines Offshoring Plane Maintenance?!
If you thought the air travel fiasco could not get worse, consider the scary news that airlines are offshoring the...
00:24:17
January 24, 2023

Shocker or Not: End China Trade Status ...
Shock waves were sent through Washington, D.C.’s many trade wonks when the U.S.-China Economic and Security Comm...
00:24:47
December 16, 2022

EVs and Solar: What’s with the Rage A...
The U.S. finally is getting its act together on climate with big new tax credits for people who buy electric vehic...
00:27:49
November 10, 2022

Factory Towns Can Save Democracy & Demo...
Every election is THE most important in our lifetimes, except the 2022 midterms and 2024 presidential actually are...
00:26:15
October 27, 2022

Treat IPEF with Sunlight To Avoid Harm
Your doctor’s not at fault if you don’t know about IPEF. It’s not a new virus. But it could harm billions of...
00:16:20
September 21, 2022

Shady COVID Deal: WTO’s Midnight Scan...
After two years of pandemic and 15 million dead, how did the first big global WTO summit end with WTO intellectual...
00:30:28
July 13, 2022

De Minimis: Amazon’s Big Little Secre...
On this episode of Rethinking Trade with Lori Wallach we’ll expose Amazon’s big little secret — a loophole w...
00:22:59
June 01, 2022

Drugs, COVID, the WTO and a Leaked Text...
In this episode, Lori talks with two trailblazing attorneys: Fatima Hassan at Cape Town’s Health Justice Initiat...
00:22:41
April 29, 2022

WTF? WTO Still Blocking End to the Pand...
In this episode, Lori talks with a leading public health expert about how we could END the pandemic and how World ...
00:20:47
February 09, 2022

MC12, Part 2: Still No COVID Waiver, Bu...
In Part 1 we discussed some of the big issues at stake at the World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial c...
00:15:03
December 06, 2021

MC12, Part 1: Will Big Pharma and Big T...
Will the WTO get out of the way of global production of COVID-19 vaccines and meds so we can end this pandemic? Wh...
00:15:28
November 24, 2021

A New U.S. Approach to the WTO?
U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai’s recent speech about the World Trade Organization was shocking. Why? B...
00:14:08
November 11, 2021

Apple & Google Seek U.S. Trade Attack o...
Right now, Apple and Google are lobbying the U.S. government to attack South Korean anti-monopoly policies. They c...
00:13:44
October 18, 2021

President Biden Could End the COVID Pan...
Getting the world vaccinated and ending the pandemic is a political choice: World leaders have the medical, techni...
00:19:53
September 21, 2021

Labor Day Special: An Historic Vote in ...
On August 19th, workers at the massive General Motors plant in Silao, Mexico participated in an historic vote that...
00:18:21
September 07, 2021

Hyperglobalization, COVID and Failed Su...
In our very first episode, we looked at how corporate-led globalization has fueled shortages in our medical supply...
00:18:35
August 24, 2021

U.S. Inaction is Enabling COVID-19 Vari...
The world celebrated when President Biden announced the U.S. would support a temporary waiver of World Trade Organ...
00:17:15
August 09, 2021

NAFTA Keystone XL Pipeline $15B ISDS At...
Within hours of taking office, President Biden revoked the permit for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The ...
00:13:04
July 29, 2021

The USMCA: A Year in Review
On July 1, 2020, following a lengthy campaign by unions, civil society groups and congressional Democrats to win k...
00:20:23
July 12, 2021

The Fight for Workers’ Rights in Nort...
This May 27th webinar “The Fight for Workers’ Rights in North America: Major Recent Developments Under the Rev...
00:50:37
June 07, 2021

Emergency COVID-19 TRIPS Waiver: With U...
On May 5th, the Biden administration announced its support for an emergency COVID-19 waiver of “TRIPS” intelle...
00:17:01
May 26, 2021

NTE: The Corporate Seek-And-Destroy Lis...
The National Trade Estimates report is an annual wish list of other countries’ laws, policies and practices that...
00:13:13
April 12, 2021

Deep Dive: How WTO Rules Protect Big Ph...
Millions of people around the world may not get COVID-19 vaccines until as late as 2024 due to World Trade Organiz...
00:15:48
March 31, 2021

Will Biden Build Back Green, or Import ...
Our tax dollars should support green jobs with fair wages, not a global race to the bottom that exploits workers a...
00:13:41
March 22, 2021

LIVE: U.S. Must Lift WTO Block on COVID...
Audio from a live Public Citizen webinar featuring Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-ILL), South African Counsellor to the WT...
01:00:14
February 23, 2021

What The Biden Administration Can Do To...
The Biden administration inherited a political and trade policy landscape transformed since the end of the Obama p...
00:18:05
February 16, 2021

President Biden Should Reverse Trump's ...
Millions of people around the world may not get COVID-19 vaccines until as late as 2024—unless President Biden r...
00:15:54
February 08, 2021

What The Biden Administration Can Do To...
The Biden administration inherited a political and trade policy landscape transformed since the end of the Obama p...
00:20:09
February 02, 2021

Rethinking Trade in 2021: What Are We F...
With Georgia’s run-off elections shifting control of the Senate to the Democrats, the party will have a lot more...
00:16:34
January 19, 2021

How U.S. Trade Policies Disproportionat...
In this episode, Lori is joined by Dolores Huerta, co-founder with Cesar Chaves of the United farm Workers and ren...
00:32:37
January 11, 2021

U.S. Officials Are Blocking Global COVI...
World Trade Organization (WTO) rules undermine access to COVID-19 vaccines and medicines. That’s why scores...
00:10:55
December 18, 2020

What Will Biden’s Cabinet Picks Mean ...
President-elect Biden’s appointment of the next top U.S. trade official has taken on enormous political and symb...
00:16:01
December 04, 2020

Preview: The Friendly Troll - The US Ke...
Lori "sat down" recently with The Friendly Troll host Dr. Melissa Omino and Dr. Isaac Rutenberg from Kenya's Centr...
00:04:10
November 23, 2020

Whatever Happened to Trump’s Big Chin...
Donald Trump makes a big deal out of what he calls his “big deal” with China. But Trump’s “Phase 1” Chin...
00:15:29
October 27, 2020

How We Were Fast Tracked Into Corporate...
The most damaging U.S. trade agreements were hatched using the same process: “Fast Track.” Fast Track empowers...
00:15:35
October 14, 2020

Big Oil Wants to Use a Stealthy Trade D...
Chemical, oil and gas companies face plastic bags bans and other policies to fight the plastic waste that is clogg...
00:12:28
September 28, 2020

Offshoring Continues: The Data vs. Trum...
Donald Trump pledged he would swiftly eliminate the huge job-killing U.S. trade deficit, end job outsourcing and r...
00:14:19
September 21, 2020

How Free Trade Divided the Democratic P...
Many Americans are confused – does any U.S. political party stand for trade policy that puts working people firs...
00:16:24
September 16, 2020

Online Retail Giants Sneak Attack by Tr...
Online retail giants like Amazon have been quietly stuffing trade agreements with terms that handcuff governments ...
00:11:39
August 31, 2020

Since the 1930’s, “Buy American” rules have required that the U.S. government purchase goods – from cars a...
00:13:57
August 19, 2020

Did You Buy PPE Made by Uyghur Forced L...
China has 1.8 million Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic-minorities locked up in concentration camps in western China...
00:12:39
July 28, 2020

Trade-Related Job Losses Have Continued...
Despite Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign promises to “bring back jobs,” trade-related job losses have continued ...
00:14:17
July 20, 2020

The New NAFTA: Only Improvements on Pap...
Last week we discussed the new North American Free Trade Agreement and some of the key improvements we won after y...
00:10:58
July 10, 2020

New NAFTA’s Start Marred by Labor Act...
After a multi-year campaign by unions, civil society groups and congressional Democrats won critical improvements ...
00:16:40
June 30, 2020

ISDS Corporate Attacks Against COVID-19...
Governments are taking emergency action to fight COVID-19, counter economic disaster and ensure peoples’ basic n...
00:19:18
June 22, 2020

The Hong Kong Protests VS. China's Demo...
Hong Kong is at a significant crossroads—and its special trade status with the US has become a central point of ...
00:16:52
June 16, 2020

Crisis at the World Trade Organization
Today, the World Trade Organization is in a major crisis of its own making, with its over-reaching enforcement reg...
00:19:46
May 27, 2020

The Loophole That Lets Amazon Deliver U...
Nearly 2 million imported products we buy online every day enter the United States and are delivered to consumers...
00:18:18
May 18, 2020

As U.S. Pressures Mexico to Re-open NAF...
COVID-19 deaths are still on the rise across Mexico. Despite government orders to close all non-essential firms, s...
00:14:48
May 12, 2020

A Progressive Shock Doctrine on Globali...
To try to address human needs during the COVID-19 crisis, many governments have shredded the concepts and laws und...
00:29:16
May 06, 2020

The Looming COVID-19 Medicine Shortage
The COVID-19 crisis revealed how reliant the United States has become on imported masks, respirators and other&nbs...
00:16:19
April 28, 2020

Governments, Not Corporations, Should R...
Today, instead of corporations unilaterally deciding where and when to sell every product, governments worldwide a...
00:13:33
April 20, 2020

With everyone rightfully focused on fighting COVID-19, corporate lobbyists are hard at work pushing for more of th...
00:13:31
April 13, 2020

COVID-19: Bad Trade Rules Have Weakened...
Trade expert Lori Wallach breaks down how corporate-led globalization has fueled shortages in our medical supply-c...
00:17:43
April 03, 2020