WTO cuts global trade forecast drastically
Anti-globalisation rhetoric, Brexit push trade growth to its slowest pace since the financial crisis, it warns
Geneva
THE World Trade Organization (WTO) on Tuesday downshifted its global trade forecast, warning that anti-globalisation rhetoric and "Brexit" were pushing trade growth to its slowest pace since the financial crisis.
The warning comes as talks on a landmark free trade deal between the European Union and United States battle stiff opposition and as Britain's EU exit causes jitters.
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