The ongoing trade war had been at the forefront of economic news before the Coronavirus. But why does trade matter this much? Not just to investors or GDP but to everyone? Victor do Prado, currently Director of the Council and Trade Negotiations Committee at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, talked to TEDxHSG about the leading role that trade has played throughout history and how such a seemingly insignificant detail is at the centre of events ranging from the Second World War to Brexit.
