Happily ”Ever” After: Trade in the Aftermath of the Suez Canal Blockage

Jan Hoffmann, Head of the Trade Logistics Branch at the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) joins the Trade Splainers to discuss:

• What exactly went wrong with the Ever Given in the Suez Canal
• The impacts of the blockage on shipping and global trade
• Why containers are so expensive
• How all of this is compounded by COVID