Mark Simmons was quoted in Offshore Technology on the role that stimulus packages and trade policies will play in the economic recovery of different areas amid the coronavirus pandemic.

“Those countries or regions with fewer resources will not be as effective in providing the robust economic stimulus needed to respond to both the devastating employment losses and reduction in spending we are witnessing worldwide,” Mark said. “It will be incumbent on us all to work directly with these less fortunate areas to aid and assist in their recovery. Given the dependence of emerging countries on trade for their well-being, trade policies are one key element of this support.”

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