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cord-300223-ehabkd78	Jean, Sébastien	How the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Reshaping the Trade Landscape and What to Do About It	2020-06-07		.txt	text/plain	3136	127	46	Yet, I argue that this crisis will create lasting changes in the trade landscape and serious threats to the rules-based trading system, warranting a reconsideration of trade policy priorities in important respects. They profoundly alter the practices in most economies and change the background against which disciplines have been considered and discussed for years, particularly in relation While the woeful absence of US leadership in the pandemic response can only add to the strategic rivalry between the two countries, increased tension is also visible in the trade arena, as witnessed by the US administration's tightening of the rules restricting exports of sensitive products to China. The bottom line is grim for the rules-based trading system: exacerbated tensions will make it all the more diffi cult to propose a coordinated response to the need to adapt public policies to the exceptional circumstances created by the COVID-19 crisis and to lasting pressures to protect domestic producers.	./cache/cord-300223-ehabkd78.txt	./txt/cord-300223-ehabkd78.txt