COVID-19 has posed a major economic shock, disrupting trade flows, stretching supply chains, and challenging international organisations that uphold systems of global governance as well as broader perceptions of international openness. Beyond immediate policy responses, evidence should support long-term recovery and economic security within the global rules-based system.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
**Vision** - COVID-19 will change the nature of trade and impact the UK's economic performance, trade strategy/policy and global position. WTO forecasts global trade will fall 30% due to COVID-19\. COVID-19 places unique...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CORIOLIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
The project partially answers the question by providing evidence to support long-term recovery and economic security within the global rules-based system, but does not specifically address the challenges faced by developing economies or how the UK can support trade recovery in these economies.
For the first time in 50 years the UK has 'sovereignty' over its trade policy. It must now decide, for example, how to configure its free trade agreements, its regulations for imported food and digital trade and its trad...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sussex
The project fully answers the question by addressing the challenges faced by developing economies when engaging with the international economy and providing insights on how the UK can best support trade recovery in these economies.
State-backed export credit (the use of loans and other forms of financing by states to boost exports) has recently burst onto the public stage, becoming a highly contentious area of both national policymaking and interna...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
The project does not answer the question as it focuses on the analysis of major changes in the global dynamics of export credit, rather than the challenges faced by developing economies or how the UK can support trade recovery in these economies.