The COVID Project
Context, not an orderThis record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Multinational (WTO Secretariat information note)
- Level
- Foreign government
- Authority
- WTO Secretariat information note (not a legal instrument)
- Issued
- 2020-04-23 Apr. 23, 2020
- Effective
- n/a (report) (read as 2020-04-23)
- End
- n/a (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Apr. 23, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Supply chain
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- SC PPE, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment for every U.S. employer that needed them to operate under State orders
- Collection
- Foreign governments' orders (context) FOR
Operative words
'The information available thus far suggests that 80 countries and separate customs territories have introduced export prohibitions or restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including 46 WTO members (72 if EU member states are counted individually) and eight non-WTO members. Most of these have been described as temporary measures.' 'The products covered by these new export prohibitions and restrictions vary considerably; most have focused on medical supplies (e.g. facemasks and shields), pharmaceuticals and medical equipment.'
Enforcement
Notes
The count is the scale figure for the foreign export-control layer; cite with unit and as-of date (80 countries and customs territories as of Apr. 23, 2020).
Retrieval noteIntergovernmental record; facts and circumstances only.