Pandemic Pandemonium: How the Virus Could Change the Trading System

The COVID-19 pandemic will be a history-altering event. But where will it take us? In “On the Horizon,” a new CSIS series, our scholars offer their insights into the fundamental changes we might anticipate for our future social and economic world.

 
One of the consequences of being stuck at home is having more time to write. You can see that currently in the rapidly proliferating number of pieces devoted to the coronavirus—how to deal with it and what it means—for individuals and their families, for governments (local, state, and federal), and for the world. Right now, most people are rightly concerned with the immediate—how to protect themselves and their families. But as the pandemic passes its peak and moves on, attention will inevitably turn to how to clean up the mess it will leave behind and how it will change things in the future. Here at the Scholl Chair we are going to do our part and add to the volume of reading material with some comments on how the current crisis will affect supply chains and the trading system. That may not be on your screen right now, but it will be, and it is never too soon to start thinking about it. Following are our thoughts about what the future could look like.

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