How to Win a Trade War: A Guide to an Anxious World
Soumaya Keynes · Chad Bown
Apr 2026 · Pan Macmillan
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About this ebook
A witty, essential guide to a new era of economic competition. From Soumaya Keynes, a columnist at the Financial Times and Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics.
We used to take trade for granted. Trillions of dollars of goods and services crossed borders each year, made possible by a global, rules-based system. Nobody paid too much attention to supply chains: they just worked.
Now, Trump’s latest tariff announcement can crash markets, ruin your pension, and sour decades-long alliances. China’s export restrictions on rare earths could bring the West’s car production to a crashing halt. Curbs on trade in cutting-edge chips could determine who wins the AI race. The stakes couldn't be higher. Trade wars are back.
In this irreverent guide to our economic world, Keynes and Bown explore the history, players, and rules of trade, asking how we prepare for what the future might hold. Could trade wars lead to hot wars? What can the West learn from China?
Timely, funny and informative, How to Win a Trade War argues that the old system is dead. But what will emerge in its place? And ultimately, what is at stake for you, your country, and your company?
We used to take trade for granted. Trillions of dollars of goods and services crossed borders each year, made possible by a global, rules-based system. Nobody paid too much attention to supply chains: they just worked.
Now, Trump’s latest tariff announcement can crash markets, ruin your pension, and sour decades-long alliances. China’s export restrictions on rare earths could bring the West’s car production to a crashing halt. Curbs on trade in cutting-edge chips could determine who wins the AI race. The stakes couldn't be higher. Trade wars are back.
In this irreverent guide to our economic world, Keynes and Bown explore the history, players, and rules of trade, asking how we prepare for what the future might hold. Could trade wars lead to hot wars? What can the West learn from China?
Timely, funny and informative, How to Win a Trade War argues that the old system is dead. But what will emerge in its place? And ultimately, what is at stake for you, your country, and your company?
About the author
Soumaya Keynes is a columnist at the Financial Times and host of their hit podcast, The Economics Show. Previously, she spent eight years at The Economist. During this time, she also co-founded the popular Trade Talks podcast with Chad Bown.
Chad Bown is Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and hosts the Trade Talks podcast. He formerly served as Chief Economist at the US Department of State in the Biden-Harris administration and as Senior Economist in the White House on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors.
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