Trade will recover to pre-pandemic levels quicker than the recovery after the financial crisis of 2008 which lasted 26 months, according to a survey of 800 senior executives involved in international trade decisions and transactions.
The study, commissioned by DP World and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), found that 70% of businesses predict widespread optimism for trade bouncing back in the wake of coronavirus.
Nearly a third of those surveyed thought the recovery would be twice as fast, with trade returned to pre-pandemic...