Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system
In this opinion piece, we highlight that trade barriers established during COVID-19 as “fire lines” to prevent cross-border transmission of the pandemic could become “fault lines” that demolish the global food system. We review restrictions on both international agricultural exports and imports, esp...
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| author | Chen, Kevin Z. Mao, Rui |
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| description | In this opinion piece, we highlight that trade barriers established during COVID-19 as “fire lines” to prevent cross-border transmission of the pandemic could become “fault lines” that demolish the global food system. We review restrictions on both international agricultural exports and imports, especially unilateral border controls such as import refusals and alerts, in previous epidemics and arising with two novel features amid COVID-19. Institutional causes to pervasive trade barriers in epidemics that are embedded in the WHO-WTO coordination scheme have been discussed. In the meantime, discussions on potential economic outcomes and policy recommendations have been provided. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1425882025-12-08T10:06:44Z Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system Chen, Kevin Z. Mao, Rui border closures imports covid-19 trade barriers capacity development wto trade food systems agricultural trade In this opinion piece, we highlight that trade barriers established during COVID-19 as “fire lines” to prevent cross-border transmission of the pandemic could become “fault lines” that demolish the global food system. We review restrictions on both international agricultural exports and imports, especially unilateral border controls such as import refusals and alerts, in previous epidemics and arising with two novel features amid COVID-19. Institutional causes to pervasive trade barriers in epidemics that are embedded in the WHO-WTO coordination scheme have been discussed. In the meantime, discussions on potential economic outcomes and policy recommendations have been provided. 2020-08-01 2024-05-22T12:10:43Z 2024-05-22T12:10:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142588 en Open Access Springer Chen, Kevin Z.; and Mao, Rui. 2020. Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system. Food Security 12: 735–738. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-020-01075-2 |
| spellingShingle | border closures imports covid-19 trade barriers capacity development wto trade food systems agricultural trade Chen, Kevin Z. Mao, Rui Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| title | Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| title_full | Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| title_fullStr | Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| title_short | Fire lines as fault lines: Increased trade barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| title_sort | fire lines as fault lines increased trade barriers during the covid 19 pandemic further shatter the global food system |
| topic | border closures imports covid-19 trade barriers capacity development wto trade food systems agricultural trade |
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