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Global Trade Review (GTR) brings you the best and latest in trade, export, commodity and supply chain finance, with highlighted discussions and insights from industry experts across the GTR event network. GTR, where trade talks.
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Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
In this latest podcast instalment, GTR speaks with Rajiv Biswas, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at IHS Markit on the impact of COVID-19 on trade and global supply in East Asia.
Among the key points covered:
- Where do from here? Assessing the risk of financial crises arising due to deep global economic shocks
- How long can the lockdown of major economies continue as global unemployment and government debt levels soar?
- To what extent does the current situation demonstrate the importance of robust value chains?
- Are we likely to see a change in the approach to dealing with China going forward?
- Has the pandemic exposed flaws in the 'just in time' inventory model particularly in the supply of essential products?
- What are the likely political consequences of the huge expenditure undertaken by nation states to prop up their economies?
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