The world is trying to understand the impact caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic and uncertainty still remains, in this issue of the annual «Trend Vision 2020. Russia» report experts talk about trends, signals of change and how to analyze them, in order to make the future, in which this world crisis is not the last one, to be not a frightening «black box», but a platform for exciting experiments for successful brands and companies focused on long-term sustainability.

The study deals with the new realities of economic and social relations resulting from the spread of COVID-19 and its consequences. It contains possible scenarios of disease spread and its consequences, as well as the main features of the current situation, which should be taken into account when developing and implementing a business recovery strategy.

The study prepared by WTO experts examines recent trends in world trade. The review analyzed statistics on the coronavirus impact on trade, identified key trends and prospects for the global market.