The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic constitutes an extraordinary global public health crisis. It has … created a pressing need for intensified global cooperation. The pandemic has from its outset raised issues at the crossroads … special insert mapping the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to the integrated health, trade and IP policy …

COVID-19, caused by SARS-Cov-2, was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. Since …

The WTO Secretariat has published a new information note looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected e …

Developments in trade finance in 2020 were largely driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve years after … pandemic-related crisis did not have a financial cause, one of its results has been that many countries are experiencing … structural trade finance gaps were high even before the pandemic …

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has exposed the upsides and downsides of international trade in medical goods and … other health crises. Trade Therapy: Deepening Cooperation to Strengthen Pandemic Defenses, coordinated by Nadia Rocha and … Michele Ruta at the World Bank and Marc Bacchetta and Joscelyn Magdeleine at the World Trade Organization, provides new data …

In December 2022, the Gender Research Hub organized, alongside the WTO, the World Trade Congress on Gender - the first … reaffirms key gender principles and provides evidence that women face higher barriers than men when seeking to access … opportunities created by trade. It also shows that trade policy can help women overcome obstacles. In addition, the research …

Women are likely to be harder hit than men by trade disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the dangers are …

) are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It notes the impact of supply chain disruptions on MSMEs and the extent to …

A new information note published by the WTO Secretariat looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the …