"There is a clear need to keep trade flowing, both to ensure the supply of essential products and to send a signal of confidence for the global economy", says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in an analysis on the role of trade policy in the coronavirus crisis, published in mid-April 2020.
Confidence in globalisation, which was already lacking even before the crisis, was subsequently undermined by the export restrictions and other trade barriers put in place...