Strategic Conversation with Anabel González, former Costa Rican Trade Minister

The onset of pandemic panic across the world saw international trade ground to a virtual halt earlier this year, as supply chains were interrupted and governments slapped restrictions on many medical products. But while trade has been a casualty of the virus to this point, it could also be a life raft to a flailing global economy – and in particular to low- and middle-income countries most at risk of suffering from the economic fall-out. This Strategic Conversation with former Costa Rican Trade Minister Anabel González will look at the challenges facing the international trading system, as well as what should be done to save it.

This new Strategic Conversations series invites key policymakers to share their views on a range of important and strategically relevant issues through interviews with senior thinkers on the Friends of Europe team.

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