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World Trade Report 2016

Geoff Riley

8th October 2016

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The WTO 2016 Report came out this week – there is a short video here. It focuses on measures to make the global trading system more inclusive. Often the fixed costs involved with trade can be difficult for small and medium sized enterprises.

World Trade Report 2016
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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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