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The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 led to an unprecedented economic shock which turned into a global economic downturn. The pandemic had an immediate and adverse effect on trade globally. The impact of covid 19 on trade globally was prominent in Q1 2020, when almost all economies experienced negative trends, these trends were observed because to control the spread of the virus, the world had to depend on non pharmaceutical interventions as a community mitigation strategy due to the non availability of effective pharmaceutical interventions like vaccines. Initially when the virus spread in China, the supply chain of ASEAN countries were disrupted and demand froze which limited the flows of trade. Further, as the virus spread from China to Southeast Asia, there was an immediate interruption in economic activities in the region due to the measures that had to be taken to contain the spread of the virus. This paper aims to study the impact of Covid 19 on trade of Southeast Asian economies ( ASEAN countries )