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The Slowdown in World Trade

Level:
A-Level
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 21 Mar 2021

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World trade in goods and services has grown slowly since 2011 - does this mark the end of the current page of globalisation? Is the rising number of non tariff barriers to blame? This short revision video looks at the issue.

Explaining factors behind the slowdown in world trade
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