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Publisher

NatWest Commercial and Institutional

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Sept 2020

Latest episode

3 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

216 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Trade Links (episode 14) Is tariff confusion a feature of international trade?

   Tariffs are supposed to be a cost businesses can calculate. But with US trade policy changing rapidly, the bigger challenge for exporters and importers may be knowing which tariff will actually apply when goods arrive. In this episode of Trade Links, Tim Phillips is joined by Aastha Gupta and Scott Livingstone to explore the economic impact of tariff uncertainty and what it means for businesses making cross-border investment and sourcing decisions. The conversation then turns to another maj...

2. 

   11 Aug 2026

   Trade Links (episode 13): Shadow fleets and the new rules of global trade

   Global trade is increasingly being shaped by geopolitics rather than economics alone. In this episode of Trade Links, host Tim Phillips is joined by Aastha Gupta and Scott Livingstone to examine two stories that illustrate this shift. First, the panel explores the rise of the so-called shadow fleet – a network of vessels transporting sanctioned oil from countries including Russia, Iran and Venezuela. What began as a workaround to sanctions has evolved into a parallel shipping system that now...

3. 

   1 Jul 2026

   Trade Links (episode 12): The big re-shoring puzzle

   Since 2020, governments across the US, Europe and the UK have promoted re-shoring, near-shoring and friend-shoring as ways to strengthen supply chains, create jobs and reduce strategic dependence on China. But how much of this shift is genuinely bringing industry home, and how much is simply reorganising global trade? In this episode of Trade Links, Tim Phillips is joined by Aastha Gupta and Scott Livingstone to separate the headlines from the underlying data. In this epi...

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 50 / 100

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Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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