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I am Luka, student at Deusto for a semester exchange and i come from Skopje,Macedonia but I study and live in Ljubljana, Slovenia. COVID was a tough period for everyone becuase of the lockdowns and not being able to do your work physically, but it also provided a lot of positives in my honest opinion. For example I liked how Covid paved the way for the work from home style of work, which got me my first job and I also brought me to find my university abroad through research. All in all, i think that COVID was tough for many businesses and entrepereneurs working internationally, but it was really well for young professionals to trully find themselves and the possibilities of working remote.

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Hi,

My name is Isabella and I am 22 years old. Normally, I live in Copenhagen, Denmark but currently I live in San Sebastián as I am on exchange for one semester. Back home I study a programme called 'European Business' at Copenhagen Business School. During the last few years, COVID-19 has changed a lot. One thing I have noticed in my personal life is how Zoom and Teams have become a big part of my daily routine - Classes are tought virtual and right now I work remotely. Also, during my life back home in Copenhagen I work from home one time a week. Therefore I would say that COVID-19 has changed the way businesses operate, and in many ways made it more flexible.

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Hi, my name is Sebastian. I was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, but i live and study in Odense, Denmark. I am currently on exchange here in San Sebastian, Spain. I am 22 years old. I enjoy playing football and spending time with friends and family.

I think that covid-19 effected the international trade though a fluctuation in demand for danish exports.

I think the covid-19 effected my consumer behavior and habits of consumption. In addition, it allowed me to discover new hobbies.

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Hey guys! My name is Camila, I'm 21 years old. I am currently in my fourth year of law school at the Pontifical Catholic University in Brazil. I like to spend my free time playing sports like rugby and tennis, which I compete in at university.

When the pandemic escalated in Brazil in 2020, the country adopted measures of social isolation and closure of trade, causing significant impacts on supply and demand.In trade, there was a reduction of 1.7 million jobs in 2020. With the economic crisis, tax collection had a nominal drop of 4.1% in 2020. The shock between supply and demand and the reduction in income led to a strong contraction of the national GDP, which reached 4.3% in 2020, the worst result for the indicator since 1990.

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Hi, My name is Maarten. I'm from the Netherlands. I live close to Amsterdam and I think the covid-19 had a huge impact on the city. Espacially on the tourist sector, due to the restriction a lot less tourist came to Amsterdam and a lot of bars and restaurants needs to close. Form a personal view, the covid-19 had the most effect on my shool performances. I was not able to go to shool anymore and I had to follow every class from home. Due to this I had decreasing motivation and a lack of discipline.

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I am Gianmarco from Rome and I am  studying Corporate Finance at LUISS Guido Carli University. Currently I am in San Sebastian for my exchange.

The pandemic undoubtedly reduced social life and the activities of small shops in the towns. As far as international trade is concerned, I know that Covid-19 caused a slowdown in trade and an increase in prices. In addition, there were problems in sourcing many raw materials.

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My name is Camille Warscotte, I am 22 years old. I study Management Sciences with a major in marketing in Belgium. The city where I live is located in Belgium and it is called Namur. The covid has changed international trade in Belgium because there have been changes in consumer habits. For example, Belgian companies realised that many things, such as meetings, could be done online, so they reduced travel abroad. Air travel is therefore less favoured than before, and this sector has suffered a lot as a result of the pandemic. Belgium was also affected by many product shortages during the pandemic, as many of its suppliers are in Asia, so there is now talk of favouring local suppliers more. In terms of changes in my personal life, I would say that I use technology a lot more to do group work for example. We used to think that we always had to meet in person to work together, but now I favour calls through Teams or Zoom, which are very effective tools.

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Hello, my name is Natanael, I have 21 and I live in Fortaleza, a city in the northeast of Brazil, where I'm currently studying Information Systems. My city was considerably affected by the pandemic for being a city with a lot of tourism. For me, the biggest impact was in relation to my university classes, which had to be distance learning for a long time. Besides, of course, not being able to visit family and friends often.

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Hi, I'm Fanny from Belgium. In my opinion, international trade is extremely important for the Belgian economy. However, contrary to popular belief, I don't think that international trade has really suffered from the COVID-19 crisis and I think that international value chains have generally functioned well in Belgium. It is rather the companies within the internal market that have suffered greatly from the national measures. Even though this crisis had a huge impact on our lives at all levels, and as a young person, especially on the social level, but my life is now generally back to normal.

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Hello I am Johanna , I live in Hannover, Germany and study in the Netherlands international businesss & management. In my city there is the  largest exhibition site world-wide. Due to Covid all fairs had to be shut down, now 2 years later most of the fairs won't restart as businesses have become accustomed to hold online meetings and are profiting from the cost efficiency. It is a new normal which will probably stay like this in the future.

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Hello! My name is Morgane, I come from Belgium and I study management sciences in Deusto, Bilbao. This year I can see a return to a normal life in my country even if after a crisis everything is not the same ; real estate,life cost, work market,..

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Hi, my name is Elisabeth. I am from Belgium and i am 22 years old. I Study Management science in UCL, in Belgium.
I am currently studing in Bilbao.
During the first month of covid 19, the life in belgium pratically stopped. Then we learned to live with it.

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Hi I am Louise i'm 22, i come from south of Belgium, i'm studying business. For me, covid 19 had really an impact on Belgium but now we see a return to normality. Therefore, my personal life may have been impacted at that time (no more sports which i love to practice, no more seeing friends, no more trips,...) but as i am in erasmus now it shows that life was able to resume fully.

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Hello everyone! My name is Marcella, i'm 27 and I live in Florianópolis/ SC (in Brazil). I'm a tour guide and chemistry student in IFSC. The covid-19 pandemic has deeply affected Brazil, mainly due to the drop in exports, the increase in the price of raw materials. Giving an example here in my city, Florianópolis/SC, the covid-19 pandemic affected a lot mainly because it is a tourist city, so tourism simply stopped because of the pandemic when the public calamity was decreed. I, who worked in the area, was fired because my company had to reduce costs, after all was not producing. Because of that, I had to move, look for another job, it was very difficult. Currently the situation has improved a lot, the hope is that it will continue evolving until tourism, and so many other areas that were not mentioned but were also as affected, return 100%.

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Hi, my name is Vilho. Im 24 years old from Finland and currently doing my erasmus here in Bilbao :) In my free time i enjoy climbing, and whenever is possible surfing. When COVID started, it was totally shutdown in Finland, it was quite impossible to do anything. Also it affected to markets, lot of international ingredients were out of stock for a while since COVID started.

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Hi, I'm Helin. I'm 26 and I'm from Berlin. Even though I'm actually currently in Vienna, I'm from Berlin - born and raised :)

A big part of our economy is either energy or car industry-related. Since Covid started there have been many disruptions and changes in both industries esp. due to supply chain disruptions. I remember specifically that there was an issue with some tech 'chips' that go in cars that we usually source from China. Due to the pandemic, many manufacturers weren't able to get them and productions were frozen or delayed.
Even though this may have changed since the beginning of the pandemic, supply chains are still fragile and we need to invest more in supply chain resilience and management to improve overall international trade.

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Hi, my name is Kristofers. I am from Latvia, but I study in Netherlands and currently am on exchange here in Bilbao. I am 21 years old and I enjoy playing football and spending quality time with friends and family.

Since I arrived to Bilbao only 2,5 months ago I cannot really comment on the changes that Covid 19 has brought to international trade in Bilbao.
If I had to guess it could have maybe affected the fishing market since Bilbao is a coastal city and it , I assume, exports fish/sea-food.

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Hello 😀 My name is Asela Burgos, Collaborate, training and teaching are my passion 🤓 that´s why I'm very happy 😁 to share with you this 3rd block of the course. It will be a pleasure to share with you my experience 🧐 as well as learn from you other perspectives of the world 🤩. So, let me tell you a little bit of myself, in order you can know me 😉

I'm a Certified Business Advisor by the Small Business Development Center of New York. Also, I'm head professor of subjects related to economic and administrative sciences, especially in the field of ​​business and international economics at ITESO University.

I obtained my degrees in International Trade from ITESO and in Business and Economic Studies from the University of Guadalajara whose program is registered in the CONACYT national register of postgraduate excellence.

Currently, I works as a Coordinator of the ITESO Business Internationalization Program for SMEs as well as the ITESO MiPYME Specialized Consulting Project. Also, I collaborate with a consulting firm specialized in international trade and I have more than 18 years of experience in the field of international business.
My professional experience has been in transnational companies such as Kodak, DHL and Freescale Semiconductor in the Planning, Sales, Logistics and Supply Chain departments.

Finally, I have published articles related to the internationalization of SMEs, the operation of the international trade and sector analysis in national and international academic journals. My current line of research is related to the internationalization and digital transformation of micro, small and medium-sized companies.

And remember:
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world (Mandela)", because "Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all (Aristotle)".