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Lessons from China: This is how COVID-19 could affect globalization

Workers wearing face masks are seen on a production line manufacturing parts for trailers to be exported to the U.S. at a factory, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China March 28, 2020. Picture taken March 28, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC29UF94W6W0

COVID-19 has severely disrupted global trading links. Image: REUTERS

Jun Du
Professor of Economics, Centre Director of Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Business Prosperity (LBGCBP), Aston University
Agelos Delis
Lecturer in Economics, Aston University
Mustapha Douch
Research Fellow in Economics, Lloyds Banking Group Centre for Business Prosperity (LBGCBP), Aston University
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The value of Chinese exports in the first two months of 2020 fell by 17.2% year on year. Image: GACC
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