World coronavirus dispatch: China's GDP contraction, Argentina's debt woes

From deliberations in the US and some of the European countries on reopening their economies to China's worst quarterly economic performance since 1992 - read these and more in today's dispatch

Talks to reopen economies is gaining steam globally. The US, which has been the most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, is contemplating resuming some businesses in May, even as experts are advising against such a move. A lot of this is on account of lobbying by big corporate entities, which have been losing billons of dollars worth of sales. Easing of lockdown measures are also being discussed in EU countries like Germany, Demark and the UK. So far as the US is concerned, however, companies insisting on opening too soon might get blamed if more people become sick. Many even