The volume of world trade is predicted to plunge by nine pecent this year, according to a World Trade Organisation annual report due out on Wednesday (25 March), in the largest contraction since World War II.
WTO director-general Pascal Lamy said the new forecast highlighted the need to kick-start world trade, with the 9 percent dip to help cause a one to two percent contraction in the world economy overall this year - the first time since the 1930s.
"Trade can be a potent tool i...
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