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In a project, ECIPE has researched the pharmaceutical supply chain of EU27 and this paper presents data on EU pharmaceutical exports and imports for a number of product categories.

Emily Rees comments in the Financial Times on the WTO Director-General selection

Oscar Guinea writes about how self-sufficiency isn't the answer to Europe's perceived fragility on foreign goods for Encompass

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is opening a period of policy uncertainties upon all us. The upcoming massive recession presents critical economic and financial variables, a steep rise of jobless claims, fixed-asset investment falling by 45% year on year, capital outflows from emerging markets by $ 83 bl. Buffers and shock absorbers are weak in several emerging and developing countries, and preventing the worst-case scenario, a lengthy L shape recession, the size of the fiscal injection must be equivalent to the fall in the GDP. What can Caribbean countries do to mitigate the full impact of the pandemic tsunami? Jointly to Multilateral Development Banks, Caribbean governments should require core G20 Members to repurpose climate change investment plans, and, abide by their commitments. Lacking these actions, the COVID-19 shock would develop into a demand-driven slump, opening the door to a long stagnation.