The persistent weakness of euro-zone exports seems to have reflected the high level of the euro, tradelinks with Emerging Europe and cost and regulatory pressures on the region’s exporters. While theeuro’s depreciation should boost export growth somewhat in future, ongoing structural problems arelikely to prevent a recovery strong enough to make up for the frailty of domestic spending.
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