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If The World Splits Into Two Trading Blocks, We Could Lose 5% Of Global Gdp

"If ever there was a time for the East and West to work together and the North and South to work together, it is now. Part of the difficulty is that we cannot take another crisis, and decoupling presents that risk," says Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados. Moving forward, young workers will be at the heart of economic growth, says Okonjo-Iweala as ageing populations put pressure on economies

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