The Dynamics of the U.S. Trade Deficit During COVID-19: The Role of Essential Medical Goods

Fernando Leibovici and Ana Maria Santacreu

Economic Synopses, 2020, issue 41

Abstract: The pandemic-induced increase in trade of essential medical goods accounted for 41.3 percent of the increase in the U.S. trade deficit from January to June.

Keywords: COVID-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.20955/es.2020.41

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