How will the coronavirus affect globalization?

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Question: How will the coronavirus affect globalization?
Position1 of 3›: Coronavirus will erode international institutions

This position holds that coronavirus will erode international institutions. It argues that because the pandemic response has been driven by national governments, bodies like the UN and EU will be weakened — sidelined by competing national interests and seen as less essential.

Supporting arguments · 2

The Covid-19 pandemic will weaken the United Nations
The UN is under threat as the virus destabilises societies.
Opposing interests between countries during Covid-19 will weaken the European Union
EU leaders have already come to major disagreement over notional 'corona bonds', which would share post-crisis debt amongst member states. At the heart of this disagreement is the question of sovereignty versus a shared identity.