The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade varies along several dimensions, including the type of product, the size of firm and over time. In this note, I provide evidence of systematic variation in the trade response to the pandemic along another, previously unexplored...

The COVID-19 pandemic poses risks to African trade. It has contributed to sharp falls in the prices of Africa's top export products and reduced trade with the region's top trading partners. Measures to contain it could impact the region's trade finance market as well. Falling export revenues and...

COVID-19 has raised questions about the resilience of agri-food trade to global shocks to the system. This paper analyses the changes in agri-food trade (values, extensive and intensive margin, and diversification) during the pandemic at global and regional levels. It also considers parallels in...