Over the past seven decades, the world economy has grown 14-fold, powered by a 45-fold expansion in global trade, according to the World Trade Organization.
World trade as a percentage of GDP peaked at 61% in 2008.
The first is rising geopolitical tensions between the United States and China.
The retrenchment is probably going to be gradual: global trade was still worth 57% of world GDP last year.
For 2024, the WTO said growth in goods trade would pick up to 3.3%, virtually unchanged from its April estimate of 3.2%.
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