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World economy needs Trump to build bridges, not burn them: economists
Published Wed, Nov 23, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Paris
PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump's big-spending plan to revitalise US infrastructure could be just the ticket to drag the world economy out of its post-crisis torpor, economists say.
But there is a huge caveat, they warn: the plan's benefits would be eroded if Mr Trump executes his avowed aim of putting "America first" and tearing up commercial pacts, potentially igniting a trade war.
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