Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon said Covid-19 has exposed exposed the fragility of global value chains by disrupting cross-border trade and transport. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): There is a clear need to keep global trade flowing to ensure the supply of essential goods and services in order to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, said Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon on Wednesday (Oct 21).
Dr Koh said that Asean needs to work together "to show the world that we are open for business", and emphasised that countries must cooperate to uphold a rules-based global trading system and maintain supply chain connectivity in these difficult times.
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