of the virus resulted in export restrictions on goods needed to fight the pandemic, while the import of similar goods was … imported goods, particularly from China. Despite changes in European attitudes towards China during the COVID19 crisis, the … pandemic does not seem to be a major game changer. Instead, it acts as a catalyst for trends that were already observable …

China during 2020. We find that a country's own Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns significantly reduced its imports from China …, suggesting that the negative demand effects prevailed over the negative supply effects of the pandemic. On the other hand, Covid …-19 deaths in the main trading partners of a country (excluding China) induces more imports from China, partially …

Purpose The spread of COVID-19 is not just a health crisis. The pandemic has taken a geopolitical dimension. The health … crisis amplified the competitive dynamics between the USA and China, affected the provision of global public goods and … injected instability into the global order. In line with the geopolitical zero-sum thinking, both the USA and China have sought …