As the coronavirus-hit world limits exports, can New Zealand and Singapore keep trade open?

Governments’ visceral instinct to look out for their own in times of crisis – even if it hurts friends and allies – could not have been more clearly laid bare by the wave of export restrictions put in place for much-needed supplies amid the Covid-19 pandemic.The World Trade Organisation last week said 80 countries had enacted some kind of restriction on the export of face masks, gloves and other medical supplies – but only 13 of those nations followed procedure and informed the world body of…

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