How COVID‐19 medical supply shortages led to extraordinary trade and industrial policy

CP Bown - Asian Economic Policy Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Integration of innovative technologies in the agri-food sector: the fundamentals and practical case of DNA-based traceability of olives from fruit to oil

R Ben Ayed, M Hanana, S Ercisli, R Karunakaran… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several socio-economic problems have been hidden by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
Particularly, the agricultural and food industrial sectors have been harshly affected by this …

Trade policy responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic crisis: Evidence from a new data set

S Evenett, M Fiorini, J Fritz, B Hoekman… - The World …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents new high‐frequency data on trade policy changes targeting medical
and food products since the beginning of the COVID‐19 pandemic, documenting how …

[PDF][PDF] Enhancing trade policy education: A review of pedagogical approaches in public administration programs

U Buinwi, CG Okatta, E Johnson… - … Journal of Applied …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The review concludes that a balanced pedagogical approach, combining traditional and
innovative methods, is essential for effective trade policy education. It recommends …

The mutual constraints of states and global value chains during COVID-19: The case of personal protective equipment

MP Dallas, R Horner, L Li - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

COVID‐19, public procurement regimes and trade policy

B Hoekman, A Shingal, V Eknath… - The World …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID‐19
pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to …

Developing resilient supply chains in the Southern African Development Community: Lessons from the impact of COVID-19

OR Pretorius, JE Drewes, WH Engelbrecht… - Journal of Transport …, 2022 - journals.co.za
Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant
impact on international trade and supply chains. Border closures and reduced demand for …

The tension between global public procurement law and nationalist/populist tendencies: proposals for reform

J Miranzo-Díaz - Revista de investigacoes Constitucionais, 2020 - SciELO Brasil
GPA had a main objective from its very beginning: confronting discrimination between
bidders on national or geographical grounds and opening the system up to greater …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on women's empowerment: A global perspective

J Dempere, R Grassa - Journal of Global Health, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background This research explores the repercussions of the COVID-19 emergency on
women's enablement worldwide, scrutinizing data spanning 93 nations between 2019 and …

Access to Medicines and Medical Equipment during COVID-19: Searching Compatibility between the WTO and the WHO

M Kumar, A Fatma, N Bharti - India Quarterly, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Affordable access to medicines is a key determinant of a country's resilience to health crises.
The modern hyper-connected international trade and production networks have a vital role …