RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 World Trade OrganizationYR 2021 T1 Trade Finance, Gaps and the COVID-19 Pandemic JF WTO, VO OP DO https://doi.org/10.30875/0f69809b-en PB WTO, SN , AB Developments in trade finance in 2020 were largely driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twelve years after the great financial crisis of 2008-09, the issue of trade finance re-emerged as a matter of urgency. While the current pandemic-related crisis did not have a financial cause, one of its results has been that many countries are experiencing difficulties in accessing trade credit. This is occurring notably in countries – particularly developing countries – in which structural trade finance gaps were high even before the pandemic, UL https://www.wto-ilibrary.org/content/papers/25189808/266