Health-care workers put on personal protective equipment before testing at a drive-thru COVID-19 assessment centre at the Etobicoke General Hospital in Toronto.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
As we stare down a second wave of COVID-19, there are far better alternatives to prevent shortages and ensure adequate supply of medical goods than trade restrictions.
With banana imports banned, one cyclone can send prices soaring.
Dave Hunt/AAP
Analysis suggests import restrictions on bananas in Australia are a classic rent‐seeking policy, leaving Australians to subsidise each grower by more than $250,000 a year.
A worker at an auto parts plant in Orion Township, Michigan, lifts coiled steel into place.
AP Photo/Paul Sancya
The president has promised to put a stop to foreign companies 'dumping' steel on US markets. Former President Bush tried the same thing, and here's what happened.
Bras and other everyday goods are hard to come by in Cuba.
Ed Yourdon
Cuba has imposed new limits on the amount of goods that travellers can bring into the country. The new measures will be unpopular with many involved in the trade from suppliers to customers, and at first…