Darrel Pearson comments in the Globe and Mail on what to expect in international trade as the world finds a new global economic equilibrium post-pandemic. This includes:

• how the shift to protectionism is being accelerated by COVID-19;
• why to expect more trade disruption and disputes;
• an increase in anti-dumping and countervailing duties, safeguard measures, and negotiated quotas;
• more countries may use measures like national security interests and surtaxes to defend local markets; and
• the challenges to trade posed by the paralysis of the WTO’s Appellate Body.

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