Will Covid-19 Affect The Course Of Globalisation?

Import substitution, which had once become a bad word, may be back in currency

- Vikas Dhoot

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on free trade is yet to be completely understood. Biswajit Dhar and Nagesh Kumar spoke to Vikas Dhoot on whether the epidemic would spell an end to open markets as we know it. Edited excerpts:

With several countries and regions locked down, will there be a redrawing of geographical boundaries?