Lovely discusses COVID-19 impact on US-China trade deal in Wall Street Journal

May 5, 2020

The Wall Street Journal

Mary E. Lovely

Economics Department

China

COVID-19

Economic Policy

Trade

United States

The Wall Street Journal

Mary E. Lovely

Meeting the terms of the ["Phase One" trade] deal could now rely on the state’s willingness to step in and make the purchases instead of the private sector, says Professor Mary Lovely. "There are going to be a lot of businesses in China that are not going to survive this," she says, referring to the lockdowns associated with the coronavirus. "They’re definitely going to have trouble." Lovely was interviewed for the Wall Street Journal article "U.S. March Trade Deficit Widened as Coronavirus Disruptions Spread." 05/05/20