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Join host Justin Hayden Miller, a global trade lawyer, as he interviews Richard Corbett, former Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party and CBE recipient, on Brexit and the recent UK-EU Reset Summit. Recorded the morning after the summit on 21 May 2025, Corbett shares his insights on Brexit, its economic consequences, its trade and business impacts as well as the summit's outcomes. Key discussions include:

- Brexit’s Economic & Trade Impacts: Corbett reflects on the 2016 referendum, the flawed Remain campaign, and Brexit’s economic toll, with a 4-5% GDP loss and £40 billion in annual lost tax revenue, as per the OBR.

- UK-EU Reset Summit: The summit addressed trade barriers, security cooperation, and agriculture, but Corbett notes it’s a modest step, not fully resolving customs union and single market challenges.

- Trade Challenges: From red tape to rules of origin, businesses face ongoing hurdles, with limited summit relief for most sectors.

- Security & Geopolitics: Post-Brexit, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and US policy shifts under Trump highlight the need for UK-EU collaboration.

- Future Relations: Corbett sees the summit as a mindset shift, paving the way for deeper UK-EU ties, potentially rejoining the EU by 2033.

Corbett also discusses Margaret Thatcher’s European stance, the summit’s “reset” terminology, and possible future Labour representation in the European Parliament. A must-listen for insights into UK-EU relations and global trade dynamics.

Margaret Thatcher clips: © UK Parliamentary Recording Unit, All rights reserved

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Hosted by Justin Hayden Miller, a Global Trade lawyer (with 25 years' experience) formerly at the Big 4 and now partner in one of Europe's largest commercial law firms.

**Episode Description**

In this episode, we dive into President Trump’s ambitious “Made in America” policy, exploring whether his push to bring manufacturing back to American soil will succeed—or falter.

The episode blends economic insights, practical life lessons and storytelling, to determine whether Trump's policy will be a success or not.

**Key Topics Covered**

- Comparative Advantage Explained: Why countries specialize (e.g., Germany’s cars, U.S. fracking gas) and how Trump challenges this economic cornerstone.

- Life Lessons: How to apply *Comparative Advantage* to your personal and professional life for better productivity and collaboration.

- Trump’s Tariffs: The economic shockwaves of tariffs on Canada and China.

- The Plant Metaphor: How a “cast iron” Aspidistra mirrors the U.S. economy and the risks of “transplant shock” in Trump’s on-shoring strategy.

- Will It Work?: Is moderation required to have a chance of working and to avoid economic upheaval?

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**Resources & References**

- IBISWorld Report: [Canada’s Shrinking Auto Industry](https://www.ibisworld.com/canada/industry-trends/biggest-exporting-industries/)

- BBC Article: [Challenges of Relocating North American Auto Industry](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7vjlv7pzdo)

- David Ricardo’s *Comparative Advantage* (1817): Learn more about this foundational economic theory.

- Adam Smith’s *The Wealth of Nations* (1776): The roots of *Absolute Advantage*.

Tags: #TrumpPolicies #MadeInUSA #ComparativeAdvantage #EconomicsPodcast #Tariffs #GlobalTrade #PersonalProductivity

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Justin Hayden Miller (Global Trade lawyer) discusses steel - its history, its place in the 1929 Wall Street Crash, through to its future.

The episode is published to coincide with the NASCC: The Steel Conference event in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 2, 2025,

In particular, the episode addresses:

- The interwar period: between, WWI and WWII: the 1920s and the 1930s

- Jay-Z’s track $100 Bill, the lyrics of which concern the Roaring Twenties and the 1929 Wall Street Crash, with references to steel in the song.

- Comparisons between today’s economic events and those of the 1920s and 1930s

- The phrase: "History don’t repeat itself, but it rhymes”, attributed to Mark Twain

- The importance of steel as a commodity. Steel commodity prices per ton and steel production in the1920s

- Reasons for the drop and crash in steel prices in 1929: buying “on the margin”

- Iconic buildings of the 1920s and 1930s using steel as architectural frames: the art deco New York Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building

- The importance of knowing as much about a product as possible, before advising on importation and Customs issues concerning it

- The sound of a train on steel tracks and similarities with movie Star Wars' sound effects

- Physical properties of steel

- The role of steel for any manned mission to Mars

- Steel used for spaceship components; Space X and Elon Musk’s Starship

- The composition of steel

- Stainless steel’s invention by Harry Brearley, and the story of stainless steel in Sheffield ("rustless steel”)

- Steel as a barometer of the world economy

- the current price of steel and oversupply

- US steel demand and tariffs

- European Union Steel Safeguard Measures: the EU Tariff Rate Quotes (TRQ) and Anti-Dumping tariffs

- An explanation of Absolute Quota Systems and Tariff Rate Quotes (TRQ), using analogies

- Trade Diversion and protective measures

- A comparison between the properties of steel and those of world and economic leaders

ARTISTIC REFERENCES:

$100 Bill (Song) Rap, Hip-Hop

Written by Jay-Z and Producer, Evan Mast.

Written for the 2013 film adaptation The Great Gatsby.

Recorded May 6, 2013.

Label: Interscope. Produced by E. Vax.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4XP935ZDMy36SyYGB8wadP

The Great Gasby (movie) 2013

Directed by Baz Luhrmann; Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan.

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date: May 1, 2013 (New York City)

Star Wars (Movie) 1977

Written and Directed by George Lucas.

Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, Peter Cushing and Alex Guinness

Distributed by 20th Century Fox

Release Date: May 2, 1977

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Justin Hayden Miller (Global Trade & Customs lawyer) hosts Simon Ward (shipping expert, broker and Professor of Shipping). They discuss global shipping and whether Chinese shipping represents a risk to the United States and world trade, as well as issues such as the Panama Canal.

This episode is opportunely timed taking into account the current US / China trade war and President Trump's statements in his March 4, 2025 address to Congress, stating that the US will be reclaiming the Panama Canal on National Security grounds.

In particular, the episode addresses:

- Why shipping is important

- A basic description of how the shipping industry operates

- The decline of British and US shipbuilding. Port of Liverpool, LFC, The Titanic, White Star Line; liner trades

- The present position of shipbuilding: China, South Korea and Japan

- Whether the Chinese practice unfair competition in shipbuilding against the United States

- The US' potential to industrialize using shipbuilding; Japanese shipbuilding, demographic pressures

- Shipping Capacity and the prevalence of China

- Disruption created by Covid; Putin; Ukraine; Suez Canal closure because of Houthi rebels and the Panama Canal: the effects

- Chinese shipping dominance and influence

- The US and the Panama Canal and its significance; global shipping routes

- The Port of Baltimore and the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse; US infrastructure concerns, and re the Panama Canal

- Globalisation and protectionism

- Whether the Panama Canal is important for US / Asia trade;

- Suez Crisis 1956

- Shipping and inflation, container pricing

- Tariffs and the consequences for the shipping industry

- Predictions concerning China; Taiwan; demographic considerations

Artistic references: Titanic (1997 film) Directed by James Cameron and starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet. Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox

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Simon Ward’s contact information:

- Blog : https://ursashipbrokers.gr/

- LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-ward-ursa/

- email: smw@ursa.gr

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In this episode, Justin Hayden Miller, a Global Trade & Customs lawyer and consultant, using clips of Margaret Thatcher, analyses latest developments of President Trump’s trade and tariff policies, particularly as regards to Canada and China.

The episode provides constructive critical analysis of President Trump’s approach to trade and tariffs.

It considers:

• Comparisons between Canadian and US relations to Brexit and that of the UK’s relations with the European Union
• Comparisons between Darwinism and the theory of Survival of the Fittest, with modern day approaches to trade, drawing parallels with current events
• Free trade (and Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations) and whether economic thinking is evolving in parallel with the AI revolution - making a comparison that free trade economics was in many ways created out of the industrial revolution
• the notion of wealth, with audio clips of Margaret Thatcher, which provide insights on her viewpoint concerning some of the issues.
• Brief analysis on whether Donald Trump’s opinions on art have any bearing on his international trade policies and tariffs

Artistic references mentioned in the episode:

The album 'Love' by The Cult; produced by Steve Brown; release date October 1985; post-punk, alternative hard rock.

Thatcher clips: © UK Parliamentary Recording Unit, All rights reserved

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In this episode, Justin Hayden Miller, a Global Trade & Customs lawyer, considers President Donald Trump’s trade tariff policies from an historical perspective of Mercantilism and Protectionism, and considering Trump's likely real motives.

The episode analyses mercantilism in detail, including concepts associated with Spain, France, England (Britain), Germany and the United States, as well as the British policy of Splendid Isolation, raising examples of possible parallels with Donald Trump’s United States (US) trade and tariff policies.

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In this episode, I interview CHRIS TAILBY CBE, former Head of Tax Policy at UK Customs and Head of Anti Tax Avoidance at the UK Tax Authorities (HMRC).

Tax which is due is a cost for any business and Tax Avoidance is an area of the law that we should all be aware and wary of.

He explains:

- His career as a barrister at the Inner Temple in London

- What motivated him to eventually dedicate his career to attacking tax / VAT avoidance schemes

- His time at Customs and HMRC

- The difference between tax avoidance (civil) and tax evasion (criminal) / tax scams

- Press coverage and The Guardian

- Signing the JITSIC (Joint International Shelter Information Center) Treaty

- Comparisons with the United States and lessons to be learned from the Inland Revenue Service (IRS)

- His dealings with Gordon Brown, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer and British Prime Minister; Minister Margaret Hodge

- Explanation of the fundamental principles of tax law; black letter law versus applying the spirit of the law

- The Westminster Principle and the Halifax European Court of Justice decision

- Judge Benjamin N. Cardozo and US interpretation of statute and anti tax avoidance

- Whether it was a moral decision to take on Anti-Avoidance

- The McVitie’s Jaffa Cake VAT decision

- What makes a good lawyer and what makes a good people manager.

The episodes aims as well to explain some pretty complex tax issues and concepts but in a manner that is accessible, without you having to be an expert in the field.

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This episode introduces the concept of the series: a serious but entertaining look at Business, International Trade & Legal issues.

You’ll hear why the podcast is called Privileged Discussions, an explanation of the meanings of Privilege and Discussions, and the intention to invite great guests on the show as well.

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