For Peter S. Goodman's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
The consequences of the war in Ukraine are being compounded by the continuing pandemic, a global tightening of credit and a slowdown in China, the second-largest economy.
For those who keep tabs on the global supply chain, the very concept of a return to normalcy has given way to a begrudging acceptance that a new normal may be unfolding.
No one really knows when the shortages will end, but there are good reasons to suspect that this will be with us well into 2022.
The story of Portugal’s unfolding summer turns out to be a tale of the pandemic’s stubborn endurance as the virus undercuts plans to recommence ordinary life.
With the country now out of the European Union, companies that trade with the continent are contending with expensive disruptions to their businesses.
In monopolizing the supply of vaccines against COVID-19, wealthy nations are threatening more than a humanitarian catastrophe.
