Trade restrictions are the wrong way to address food supply issues in the COVID-19 crisis (The Hill) 

The Hill (USA) published an opinion piece by Senior Research Fellow Joseph Glauber on how the COVID-19 pandemic has caused many disruptions in the food distribution systems, ranging from health issues in meat and other food processing plants to impacts of lockdown procedures that have disrupted food chain flows. He writes, “While the impacts of trade restrictions may bring short-term benefits to some groups, they are far outweighed by the long-term costs and even by adverse short-run impacts.”