How quickly will world trade recover?

Today’s CPB Trade Monitor shows that the recovery in global trade continued at a rapid pace in November. Strong near-term GDP gains should continue to support trade, but as the world economy slows later this year and going into 2011, world trade is likely to slow too. We forecast it will take at least another two years for world trade to reach pre-crisis levels.

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