 An assessment of trade policies related to COVID-19Rosane Nunes de Faria, Laura Mercedes Grimaldo Hidaldo and Leonardo Ferraz Revista Galega de Economía, 2021, vol. 30, issue 1, 1-17 Abstract: Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, international trade was particularly important to guarantee the supply of medical and other goods. This article analyses COVID-19 trade-related policies found in the World Trade Organization (WTO) system from February to October 2020. We used the Database of WTO members’ notifications on COVID-19, including information on 198 notifications. It allows us to observe the trend of notifications, countries and products most affected, types of measures, and the adherence to the WTO’s guidelines. Our findings show two waves of notifications. In the first wave, countries acted unilaterally with little regard to multilateral tools. However, in the second wave, characterized by the predominance of tradefacilitating measures, a trend towards multilateral actions is observed through the establishment of “declarations”. Personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical supplies were the most affected products, but agricultural and food products have also been heavily affected. Keywords: COVID-19; WTO notification; International trade. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sdo:regaec:v:30:y:2021:i:1_3 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Revista Galega de Economía from University of Santiago de Compostela. Faculty of Economics and Business. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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