Global trade continues to contract

Data from the CPB Netherlands Bureau showed a further fall in world trade in May. Admittedly, the decline in trade so far this year has been smaller than the collapse in GDP might have led us to fear and timelier data are consistent with an improvement in the months ahead. However, the recovery is likely to be slow going.

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