Promising trade talks imploded after a literal 11th-hour change from the American side. We examine the new trade barriers being erected, and the complex calculation for Prime Minister Mark Carney. In Japan Gen X workers are even still bearing the costs of an economic bubble-burst from the 1990s. And how fates of civilisations have turned on sieges throughout history. 


Guests and host:

  • Hal Hodson, Americas editor
  • Moeka Iida, East Asia reporter
  • Richard Cockett, senior digital editor
  • Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”


Topics covered: 

  • Canada, the United States, tariffs, Mark Carney, trade war
  • Japan, Gen X, labour market
  • sieges, world history


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