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El Comercio de Servicios frente al COVID-19
La pandemia de COVID-19 ha afectado fuertemente a los sectores de servicios personales, como el turismo y el comercio minorista. No obstante, la pandemia ha brindado una oportunidad inesperada a los servicios impulsados por la tecnología de la información y la comunicación (TIC), como plataformas de teletrabajo, transmisión de video, juegos y el comercio electrónico. En este espacio, se abordará en más detalle esta temática.
Recursos de Información - Organismos Internacionales
- OMC: informe sobre las repercusiones de la pandemia de COVID-19 en el comercio de serviciosLa Secretaría de la OMC publica una nueva nota informativa sobre las repercusiones que ha tenido la pandemia de COVID-19 en el comercio de servicios, entre ellos los servicios de turismo, de transporte, minoristas y de salud.
- OMC: COVID-19, Guiar la Recuperación del TurismoLa pandemia del COVID-19 plantea a la comunidad mundial y al sector turístico un desafío importante y en constante evolución.
La Organización Mundial del Turismo (OMT) ha reforzado su colaboración con la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Los dos organismos de las Naciones Unidas se reunieron en Ginebra para seguir trabajando en una respuesta coordinada al COVID-19.
La OMT pide un liderazgo internacional firme y que el turismo se incluya como prioridad en los futuros esfuerzos de recuperación. - UNCTAD: Coronavirus Deals Severe Blow to Services Sector
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Personal services sectors such as tourism, hospitality and retail at a standstill due to drastic measures taken in the fight against COVID-19. - G20 - Services Trade for Sustainable, Balanced, and Inclusive GrowthStructural changes in the world economy have altered the way we think about the nexus between trade and growth. In particular, the rise of the services economy and the digital revolution have rocked the world of trade policy-making in ways that are not nearly sufficiently reflected yet in international economic policy forums like the G20. Therefore, this policy brief urges G20 policy-makers to pay greater attention to trade in services and its crucial role in achieving the G20 objectives. Strong, sustainable and inclusive growth will not be achieved without due consideration of services.
- UNWTO: Special Sections on COVID-19Sitio de la Organización Mundial del Turismo, con información sobre el sector frente a la pandemia del COVID-19.
Recursos Externos de Información
- The pandemic is exposing the vulnerabilities of the U.S. service economy (The Washington Post)The coronavirus has gutted the U.S. labor market. Total new jobless claims from the past month now exceed 22 million in an economy that a month ago employed 160 million people. That’s more than 1 in 10 workers. That economic fallout from social distancing and stay-at-home orders, part of the effort to slow down the pandemic’s spread, hurts some groups of workers much more than others.
- Services trade and COVID-19 / Anirudh ShingalWhile the lockdowns imposed in countries across the world in the wake of COVID-19 will be lifted eventually, social distancing (both voluntary and selective) is likely to stay for longer. This has already had, and will continue to have, a significantly adverse impact on services transactions that require proximity between buyers and sellers. Moving forward, the world could see more regulatory restrictions on services trade on health grounds. This column argues that consequently, trade in services is likely to take longer to recover, with knock-on effects on other sectors of economic activity.