The world has witnessed an impressive increase in trade over the past four decades. World merchandise trade increased from US$217 billion in 1962 to US$22.8 trillion in 2006. While industrialized countries accounted for the vast majority of this growth, between 1985 and 2006, developing...

The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses an unprecedented challenge to public health on a global scale. As governments are scrambling to safeguard peoples’ health, the contagion has fast extended to the economic sphere, creating an international economic crisis, unique in the...