Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set
This paper presents new high-frequency data on trade policy changes targeting medical and food products since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting how countries used trade policy instruments in response to the health crisis on a week...
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okr-10986-349422022-09-20T00:09:47Z Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set Evenett, Simon Fiorini, Matteo Fritz, Johannes Hoekman, Bernard Lukaszuk, Piotr Rocha, Nadia Ruta, Michele Santi, Filippo Shingal, Anirudh TRADE POLICY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS MEDICAL GOODS TRADE TECHNICAL TRADE BARRIERS SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS IMPORT LIBERALIZATION This paper presents new high-frequency data on trade policy changes targeting medical and food products since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting how countries used trade policy instruments in response to the health crisis on a week-by-week basis. The data set reveals a rapid increase in trade policy activism in February and March 2020 in tandem with the rise in COVID-19 cases, but also uncovers extensive heterogeneity across countries in their use of trade policy and the types of measures used. Some countries acted to restrict exports and facilitate imports, others targeted only one of these margins, and many did not use trade policy at all. The observed heterogeneity suggests numerous research questions on the drivers of trade policy responses to COVID-19, the effects of these measures on trade and prices of critical products, and the role of trade agreements in influencing trade activism. 2020-12-17T15:27:44Z 2020-12-17T15:27:44Z 2020-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/342251607972979213/Trade-Policy-Responses-to-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-Crisis-Evidence-from-a-New-Data-Set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34942 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9498 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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TRADE POLICY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS MEDICAL GOODS TRADE TECHNICAL TRADE BARRIERS SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS IMPORT LIBERALIZATION |
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TRADE POLICY CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS MEDICAL GOODS TRADE TECHNICAL TRADE BARRIERS SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY STANDARDS IMPORT LIBERALIZATION Evenett, Simon Fiorini, Matteo Fritz, Johannes Hoekman, Bernard Lukaszuk, Piotr Rocha, Nadia Ruta, Michele Santi, Filippo Shingal, Anirudh Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set |
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This paper presents new high-frequency
data on trade policy changes targeting medical and food
products since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,
documenting how countries used trade policy instruments in
response to the health crisis on a week-by-week basis. The
data set reveals a rapid increase in trade policy activism
in February and March 2020 in tandem with the rise in
COVID-19 cases, but also uncovers extensive heterogeneity
across countries in their use of trade policy and the types
of measures used. Some countries acted to restrict exports
and facilitate imports, others targeted only one of these
margins, and many did not use trade policy at all. The
observed heterogeneity suggests numerous research questions
on the drivers of trade policy responses to COVID-19, the
effects of these measures on trade and prices of critical
products, and the role of trade agreements in influencing
trade activism. |
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Working Paper |
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Evenett, Simon Fiorini, Matteo Fritz, Johannes Hoekman, Bernard Lukaszuk, Piotr Rocha, Nadia Ruta, Michele Santi, Filippo Shingal, Anirudh |
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Evenett, Simon Fiorini, Matteo Fritz, Johannes Hoekman, Bernard Lukaszuk, Piotr Rocha, Nadia Ruta, Michele Santi, Filippo Shingal, Anirudh |
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Evenett, Simon |
| title |
Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set |
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Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set |
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Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set |
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Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set |
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Trade Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis : Evidence from a New Data Set |
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trade policy responses to the covid-19 pandemic crisis : evidence from a new data set |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/342251607972979213/Trade-Policy-Responses-to-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-Crisis-Evidence-from-a-New-Data-Set http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34942 |
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