Trade and Investment

Does the global trade slowdown have a silver lining?

A worker walks in a shipping container area at the Port of Shanghai April 10, 2012. China returned to an export-led trade surplus of $5.35 billion in March, heralding the prospect that a rebound in the global economy is lifting overseas orders just in time to compensate for a slowdown in domestic demand.

What does the future look like for global trade? Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Aaditya Mattoo
Research Manager, Trade and Integration, World Bank
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