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Some Countries Face an Awful Question: Death by Coronavirus or by Hunger?

Ruchir Sharma | The New York Times | 04/12/2020

The pandemic makes it nearly impossible in some places to social distance and to get food at the same time. Though many rich economies have ground to a halt under…

The US Is Waging War on Digital Trade Barriers

Justin Sherman | 04/10/2020

AS DIGITAL TRADE barriers rise throughout the world, so do swings at knocking them down...

A New Front for Nationalism: The Global Battle Against a Virus

By Peter S. Goodman, Katie Thomas, Sui-Lee Wee and Jeffrey Gettleman | New York Times | 04/10/2020

Borders Didn’t Stop The Pandemic. But They Might Block The Trade Of Medical Goods

Camila Domonoske | NPR | 04/08/2020

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a ...

WTO sees ‘ugly’ trade plunge, likely worse than financial crisis

Philip Blenkinsop | Reuters | 04/08/2020

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The World Trade O...

Coronavirus: ‘Drop in global trade to be worse than 2008 crisis’

Andrew Walker | BBC | 04/08/2020

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is predicting a s...

WTO Says Global Trade Collapse May Be Worst in a Generation

Bryce Baschuk | Bloomberg | 04/08/2020

The coronavirus pandemic could cause a deeper collapse of inter...

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