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Wendy Cutler discusses how the WTO can respond to the COVID-19 pandemic during a WITA-hosted webinar
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COVID-19 and Trade – A WTO Agenda

On Thursday, March 26, Wendy Cutler cohosted a webinar about the COVID-19 pandemic and global trade, building off a blog that she wrote the week before.
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The Coronavirus and Southeast Asia: Can Catastrophe be Avoided?

Senior Fellow Richard Maude writes that public health systems in Southeast Asia will be quickly overrun and deaths from the virus will rise sharply if more aggressive containment measures are not put in place quickly.
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World Leaders Must Step Up To Lead Us Through This Crisis

Kevin Rudd writes: global action is not an optional extra. It's fundamental to national recovery.
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The Coronavirus Will Not Be Fatal for China’s Belt and Road Initiative but It Will Strike a Heavy Blow

Daniel Russel writes that BRI projects face delays as the coronavirus prevents Beijing from supplying goods and people.
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As Its Coronavirus Outbreak Abates, China Is Trying out a New Look. Is It Working?

Daniel Russel says perhaps the biggest threat to China’s influence and international standing from COVID-19 is the likely toll on China’s economy from both the unprecedented shut-down at home and the precipitous drop in global demand.
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Coronavirus: The Need to Adjust and Reshape Our Trade Agenda

Wendy Cutler recommends actions the global trade regime should take during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a (virtual) WTO emergency session and plurilateral negotiations on trade restrictions of medical supplies.

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