CORONAVIRUS - 2020

[One O'Clock Drop]

UPDATED. COUNTRIES HOARDING and supply chain disruptions

Bloomberg article
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-24/countries-are-starting-to-hoard-food-threatening-global-trade

Vietnam keeping rice

#Vietnam suspends rice exports to ensure food security amid pandemic

Vietnam is third largest rice exporter after #India & #Thailand. Vietnam exported 6.37 million tons in 2019

Good👍 Country first#India & others need to think about their food securityhttps://t.co/pmXPTTUhw9

— Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense (@IndoPac_Info) March 25, 2020

India medicine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/04/india-limits-medicine-exports-coronavirus-paracetamol-antibiotics

EU medical https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-eu-limit-exports-medical-equipment/

“Across the globe, millions of laborers cannot get to the fields for harvesting and planting. There are too few truckers to keep goods moving. Air freight capacity for fresh produce has plummeted as planes are grounded. And there is a shortage of food containers for shipping because of a drop in voyages from China.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-supplies-insi-idUSKBN21L2V7