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 combines real-time data and analytics to provide accurate and timely evidence-based decision-making for policymakers.
"**Need** - UK government wishes to support SMEs to increase trade. To assess trade and supply chain impacts of policy changes and political/economic events like Brexit, politicians, trade negotiators and businesses...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CORIOLIS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
The project aims to provide accurate, near real-time, granular trade data for goods/services, which can support policymakers in assessing trade impacts.
International trade is of vital importance for modern economies, and governments around the world try to shape their countries' exports and imports through numerous interventions. Given the problems facing trade negotiat...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey
The project proposes to use machine learning to evaluate the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on trade flows, which partially addresses the question of evaluating and improving the quality and reliability of real-time indicators (RTIs).