In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, the Baratta Center for Global Business is pleased to present a special edition of The Global Exchange podcast.

This episode, “Business for Global Good & Accelerating Action for Women in Global Business,” features Gally Mayer (B’92), co-founder of Buena Vida Specialty Coffee and a leader in sustainable business. In this episode, Simrann Wadhwa (MBA’26), a representative of the Graduate Women in Business Organization, sits down with Gally to discuss her journey from Wall Street to social entrepreneurship and how she’s redefining the coffee industry by putting farmers and soil first.

Joining us for this episode is Marc Busch, the Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at Georgetown University, a Baratta Center faculty fellow and expert in trade policy with sharp insights on the intersection of diplomacy, economics, and global business. In this episode, Busch weighs in on the first week of President Donald Trump's second term in respect to trade policy, tariffs, and global business.

In the inaugural episode of The Global Exchange podcast, we’re kicking off with a timely topic—tariffs and trade policy proposals from the U.S. presidential candidates.

Joining us for this episode is Marc Busch, the Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at Georgetown University, a Baratta Center faculty fellow and expert in trade policy with sharp insights on the intersection of diplomacy, economics, and global business. He breaks down what the presidential candidates are proposing, whether they can deliver on those promises, and if the policies would even work.