Instruments to Improve International Legal and Institutional Systems to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/assehr.k.220401.051How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Covid-19; global trade; economic barriers; COVAX; nationalism

Abstract

Covid-19 ravages the entire world. Countries have taken different measures to combat this unpredictable virus, leading to a more complex pattern of international relations. This paper addresses the chain reaction of global shortage on medicine goods and personal protective equipment, and explains the reasons behind the increased national protectionism. It also examines the legality of tariff or non-tariff measures under the international laws of WTO. Beyond that, this paper leads to the discussion of a new global initiative-COVAX, and evaluates its significance and challenges. The paper comes to the conclusion that speed, transparency, and interconnected coordination are crucial to end this pandemic, and offers suggestions for countries to collaborate and contribute to a more inclusive world.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhibo Yu
AU  - Yuanxuan Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/08
TI  - Instruments to Improve International Legal and Institutional Systems to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 252
EP  - 258
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220401.051
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220401.051
ID  - Yu2022
ER  -