COVID-19 AND THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION: WHAT NEXT?

FOR obvious reasons, 2020 is not a year any of us will ever forget. At the time of writing, however, there were reminders of what life was like before a tiny virus turned our world upside down: across Europe, bars and hairdressers re-opened and holiday makers crowded to beaches. Across the Asia Pacific region, recovery was underway in those countries that acted quickly to contain COVID-19. Oil prices, too, were showing some signs of pre-COVID-19 normality, holding steady in a US$40–45 per barrel. Yet it’s a veneer of normality against a backdrop of ongoing infection and unprecedented economic disruption. Politicians […]