The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, trade and, consequently, on employment and the well-being of citizens "will be enormous" and can only be overcome through global solidarity, according to Roberto Azevêdo, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), in a video from his home on Wednesday 25 March.
Recent projections predict an economic slowdown and job losses "worse than those of the global financial crisis twelve years ago", the head of the multilateral...