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IMF slashes growth forecasts, says world will ‘very likely’ experience worst recession since the 1930s

Silvia Amarov | CNBC | 04/14/2020

The Washington-based organization expects the global economy to contract by 3% 2020. The Fund expects a “partial recovery” in 2021, but this is conditional on an improvement in the health crisis. The…

Coronavirus Hit on China Trade Eases, but Export Outlook Is Bleak

Jonathan Cheng | The Wall Street Journal | 04/14/2020

Chinese businesses are bouncing back, but ...

Amazon ordered to limit France trade to essential goods within 24 hours

Gwenaelle Barzic, Sarah White, and Dominique Vidalon | Reuters | 04/14/2020

PARIS (Reuters...

Coronavirus: China’s trade recovery to be short-lived with overseas demand set to fall amid Covid-19

Andrew Mullen and Orange Wang | South China Morning Post | 04/14/2020

Navarro Calls Medical Experts ‘Tone Deaf’ Over Coronavirus Shutdown

Alan Rappeport | The New York Times | 04/13/2020

President Trump’s trade adviser warned th...

Recovery in Chinese Trade Far From Sight as Global Outlook Dims

Sharon Chen and Miao Han | Bloomberg | 04/13/2020

The contraction in China’s foreign trade is set ...

Trump’s tariffs on China could cost the US in its fight against the coronavirus

Audrey Cher | CNBC | 04/13/2020

Without tariffs, the U.S. would be in “a better ...

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