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Tradeshift: 'Green Shoots' Of Economic Recovery Emerging
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 11:37am | 832Read More...Global trade fell 14.8% in the second quarter of 2020, according to Tradeshift, but evidence of an upward curve in June suggests the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic could bottom out at the lower end of the 13% to 32% decline predicted by the World Trade Organization. Tradeshift's Global Index of...
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Today's Pickup: WTO Expects Global Trade To Decrease Between 13% And 32% This Year
Thursday, April 9, 2020 - 2:41pm | 723Read More...Good day, The World Trade Organization (WTO) expects global trade to decrease anywhere between 13% and 32%, with the wide spread due to the uncertainty behind the economic impact of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. To put the numbers in perspective, the largest drop during the 2009 financial...
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WTO: Coronavirus Crisis Could Rival Great Depression
Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 4:45pm | 1106Read More..."These numbers are ugly. There's no way around that," admitted World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo during a press conference on Wednesday, upon the release of the WTO's coronavirus forecast. The trade organization outlined two potential scenarios: an optimistic V-shaped...
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China's Materials Gambit Exposed, Play These ETFs
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 2:21pm | 693Read More...The World Trade Organization says China isn't playing nice or fair with its raw materials exports. As if that's stunning news, but on Monday the WTO did uphold an earlier ruling that said China has violated violated international trade rules for restricting exports on nine raw materials. Of course...
