September 9, 2024· 57 min

US Trade Rep Katherine Tai Describes the New Era of Globalization

Katherine Tai

Orality

Model

81%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,107 words)

M:29%

HostJoe Weisenthal(868 words)

M:29%

GuestKatherine Tai(6,576 words)

M:29%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic40%

amazing, absolutely, incredible

Engagement68%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, right

Repetition100%

trade (98x), what (69x), about (58x)

Parallelism92%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So the idea that maybe China i..., But then the other component o...

Sound Patterns42%

40 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases8%

at the end of the day, you know what, i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging7%

maybe, probably, arguably

Passive Voice8%

be worried, be driven, be carried

Abstract Nouns29%

investment, agreement, security

Subordination6%

because, since, unless

Sentence Length56%

Avg: 18.9 words/sentence

Word Complexity52%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style32%

645 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style76%

specifically, probably, costly

Description

One of the rare areas of bipartisan consensus in the US right now, is on the need to change our trading relationship with China. Former President Donald Trump started a process of putting tariffs on Chinese goods and limiting the export of certain key technologies. This has only expanded under the Biden administration, with expanded restrictions on things like electric vehicles, solar panels, and semiconductors. So what's the thinking behind this drive? What are the goals and what are the risks? On this episode we speak with the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai. Ambassador Tai describes what she sees as a rethink, or a new version of, globalization. She explains the new worker-centric priorities, how trade fits into domestic investments, and what a healthy version of international economic relations actually looks like. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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