Simon Lester

Simon Lester is a Nonresident Fellow at the Baker Institute. He runs the websites WorldTradeLaw.net and China Trade Monitor. He has taught trade law at the University of Melbourne School of Law. Follow him on Twitter @snlester.

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People wear protective masks as they walk past a panel displaying the Hang Seng Index during morning trading, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus in Hong Kong, China, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greet U.S. President Donald Trump at the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool

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A man wearing a protective mask passes by a billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Belgrade, Serbia, April 1, 2020. The text on the billboard reads "Thanks, brother Xi". Picture ta

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A specialist wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant inside the FOOD CITY wholesale and retail market to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia April 9, 2020. Andrey Nikerichev/Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

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