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With more than 1.5 million confirmed cases worldwide, the disease is showing little sign of slowing down and trade experts are now predicting COVID-19 will provoke the ‘deepest economic recession of our lifetime.’

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With more than 1.5 million confirmed cases worldwide, the disease is showing little sign of slowing down and trade experts are now predicting COVID-19 will provoke the ‘deepest economic recession of our lifetime.’

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