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The coronavirus pandemic led to a 3% drop in global trade values in the first quarter of 2020. The downturn is expected to accelerate in the second quarter, according to UNCTAD forecasts, which project a quarter-on-quarter decline of 27%.

​UNCTAD presents a case for protecting science, technology and innovation funding during and after the COVID-19 crisis in a new policy paper

Written by Jürgen Schmidhuber, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, NNAISENSE and Scientific Director, Swiss AI Lab IDSIA and Professor of AI, USI and SUPSI, Switzerland

UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi discusses how to rejuvenate the global economy and trade in light of the COVID-19 crisis in an interview with Didem Eryar Unlu of the Turkish newspaper Dünya.

Written by
Simonetta Zarrilli, Chief, and Mariangela Linoci, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade, Gender and Development Programme, UNCTAD

UNCTAD has assessed the state of play in the two countries and identified policy actions required to harness e-commerce for development.

The pandemic is inflicting economic and social harm on those working in fisheries sectors, but it opens a window to make seafood industries more sustainable.

Overdependence on oil has fuelled volatile and uneven growth. Coffee could help the country change course if it can revive production and add value to its beans.

Written by Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

The committees are bringing public and private sectors together to ease trade in essential goods to combat the pandemic.