The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a dramatic shortage in the medical supplies needed to
treat the virus due to a massive surge in demand as the disease circled the globe during the …

Some governments have responded to shortages of medical supplies by imposing export
controls and requisitioning domestic suppliers. This chapter examines several recent …

Shortages of critical medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic have turned global
value chains (GVCs) in personal protective equipment (PPE) into a political lightning rod …

Supply chain issues have never been more prominent than in 2020 and 2021. The shocks of
the past year—trade wars, COVID-19's effects on supply and demand, and the subsequent …

If taken at their word, senior policymakers in the major economic powers have drawn
adverse conclusions concerning the performance of cross-border supply chains during the …

Early in the COVID‐19 pandemic, a global shortage of hospital gowns, gloves, surgical
masks, and respirators caused policymakers globally to panic. China increased imports and …

Supply-chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are of unparalleled magnitude
because of a confluence of circumstances: a sudden rise in demand for some products …

Motivation The COVID‐19 pandemic has massively disrupted international trade and global
value chains. Impacts, however, differ across regions and industries. This article contributes …

COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory virus that has posed a great threat to the general
public. In order to prevent its spread, many governments have enacted stringent measures …

For too long we have been taking globalisation for granted. Until recently, low tariffs and
stable trading rules had been a key feature of our world. But the combination of trade-policy …