Trump Trade Wars Worsened COVID-19, Racial Inequity, BU Study Reveals
BU researcher Rebecca Ray made her own soap during the pandemic, as sanitizer was among the PPE in short supply due to US trade blunders, according to a study Ray coauthored. Photo by iStock/Julia Sudnitskaya Politics
US blunders, however, predate the former president
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Economist by day, soap-maker by night: Rebecca Ray resorted to DIY cleanser early in the pandemic, when panicky hoarders cleared grocery shelves of household supplies.
It was an example of our trade blunders hitting home, says Ray, a senior researcher at BU’s Global Development Policy Center (GDPC). Turns out soap is one of those items we manufacture less of than we once did, relying instead on global supply chains that were disrupted by the pandemic and US trade policy.