Zhu Jing et al.: The impact of import restrictions on agricultural trade under the new coronary pneumonia epidemic and reflections.

The impact of import restrictions on agricultural trade under the outbreak of new crown pneumonia.

Zhu Jing, Zhang Rui, Zhang Ruihua, Xie Chaoping, Yang Jing

the global pandemic of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic has had a strong impact on the development of the world economy and trade. However, in the name of the epidemic, some countries have implemented protectionism, hindering the normal flow of agricultural products around the world. By comprehensively combing and analyzing the import restriction measures of global agricultural products during the epidemic period, this paper finds that some import restriction measures adopted by some countries to deal with the impact of the epidemic and protect their agricultural production do not conform to the relevant regulations in the International Classification of Non-Tariff Measures, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Agreement on the Implementation of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement), and have strong trade protectionism color, its rationality needs to be further discussed. Based on past experience, trade protectionism cannot fundamentally solve the global crisis caused by the epidemic, but will exacerbate the contraction of the global agricultural economy and trade. Affected by import restrictions, China's agricultural trade has also shown a sharp decline. In view of the normalization of the neo-coronary pneumonia epidemic and the rising tide of anti-globalization, countries should strengthen cooperation and, while meeting reasonable demands, take the least restrictive measures to ensure the smooth flow of global agricultural trade.