International Trade Development After the Post-Covid Age

Евангелос Kацикудис

doi:10.37075/RP.2023.1.10

Authors

Evangelos Katsikudis, PhD Student Department of Economics and Magement of Commerce and Services, Faculty of Economics, University of Economics – Varna Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37075/RP.2023.1.10

Keywords:

Sustainable supply chains, COVID-19, International trade, Sustainable development, Global issues

E31, F10

Abstract

The report focuses on the current situation, influenced by a global health crisis that has completely reconstructed national social systems and economic policies, and Russia's subsequent military invasion of Ukraine. These two factors are generating in their wake disastrous consequences and many state models are proving unprepared for them. However, international trade has managed to recover extremely quickly from the effects of the crises and to generate growth as early as 2021 on several its indicators.A viewpoint is formed summarizing the importance of each actor in the global economic system, especially the largest economies, but also the role of implementing international cooperation in the field to achieve real results and provide assistance, especially to countries in need.

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