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Protectionism in the Covid-19 pandemic: a PPE case study

The global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic had a major impact on the world market for such products. Peter Smith investigates

GDP, exports, imports, trade, protectionism, markets

2020 has been a year like no other. No country in the world has been unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which spread rapidly across the continents. Economies went into lockdown with devastating impacts on levels of GDP (and the national debt). The closing of international borders threatened suppl chains, including those involving medical products.

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