Lovely quoted in USA Today article on face mask imports from China

April 10, 2020

USA Today

Mary E. Lovely

Economics Department

China

COVID-19

Economic Policy

USA Today

Mary E. Lovely

"Suppliers may not have been able to supply as much as was demanded because they needed to provide it to the local economy, and the Chinese factories were simply not operating," says Professor Mary Lovely. "Workers were not at work. They were at home. They were quarantined." Lovely was interviewed for the USA Today article "The US needs masks to fight coronavirus, but supplies from China fell as demand rose." 04/10/20