Blogs&Reviews

Yes, medical gear depends on global supply chains. Here's how to keep them moving
Anabel González, 01 April 2020

Anabel González makes the case for a compact to encourage global production and distribution of medical supplies.
The coronavirus and financial stability
Arnoud Boot, Elena Carletti, Rainer Haselmann, Hans‐Helmut Kotz, Jan Pieter Krahnen, Loriana Pelizzon, Stephen Schaefer, Marti Subrahmanyam, 24 March 2020

The virus epidemic carries the risk of a financial pandemic which may even spiral into a global phenomenon, strenghtening the case for some form of a joint and mutual insurance scheme
Trump's trade policy is hampering the US fight against COVID-19
Chad Bown, 16 March 2020

Chad Bown argues that President Trump's administration should permanently and comprehensively suspend the trade war tariffs on critical medical products from China
Limiting the economic fallout of the coronavirus with large targeted policies
Gita Gopinath, 12 March 2020

Gita Gopinath argues that substantial targeted policies are needed to support the economy through the COVID-19 epidemic

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My wish list

Charles Wyplosz, 09 January 2020

Charles Wyplosz lists ten things he would like to see happen in 2020.
The UK’s “other” big experiment: Regulating online platforms?

Cristina Caffarra, 06 January 2020

Cristina Caffarra interprets the new report from the UK's Competition & Markets Authority which articulates – for the first time anywhere – what the regulation of Google and Facebook might actually look like.
How policy uncertainty hurt world trade in 2019

Cristina Constantinescu, Michele Ruta, Aaditya Mattoo, 23 December 2019

Cristina Constantinescu, Michele Ruta and Aaditya Mattoo suggest policy uncertainty might account for almost half of the slowdown of world trade growth in 2019.
Are emerging and developing economies ready for a global downturn?

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, 20 December 2019

Ceyla Pazarbasioglu describes how emerging and developing economies, which are currently less prepared for another steep global downturn than they were a decade ago, can ramp up growth by adopting ambitious and credible reform agendas
Act now to save the WTO

Ernesto Zedillo, 09 December 2019

The US threatens the WTO by blocking appointments to its Appellate Body for settling disputes, but as Ernesto Zedillo explains, other WTO members could override the veto