wto cuts 2011 world trade growth forecast to 58
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WTO cuts 2011 world trade growth forecast to 5.8%

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The World Trade Organization cut its 2011 trade growth forecast to 5.8 percent from 6.5 percent as earlier predicted, amid increasing economic uncertainty on Friday. "Members must remain vigilant. This is not the time for go-it-alone measures. This is the time to strengthen and preserve the global trading system so that it keeps performing this vital function in the future," warned Pascal Lamy, director-general of the WTO, in a statement. Trade volumes in developed economies are now projected to grow by 3.7 percent for 2011, as opposed to the 4.5 percent predicted in April. For developing economies, full year trade growth is expected to reach 8.5 percent, down from the earlier forecast of 9.5 percent. WTO economists said that since their previous forecast, "developed economies in particular have been buffeted by strong headwinds, including the lingering effects of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the prolonged budget impasse and credit downgrade in the United States, and the ongoing euro area sovereign debt crisis." Poor output and employment data have also hammered consumer confidence and contributed to the turmoil in the financial markets. German exports have recently "turned ominously downward" with year-on-year growth falling from 36 percent in May to 16 percent in July. Likewise in France, export growth tumbled from 44 percent in May to 9 percent in July. Strong growth in China and other emerging economies are currently helping to buffer the overall slowdown. But the economists warned that the current forecast still carries "an unusually high degree of uncertainty" as it is made on the assumption that trade would slow down instead of declining drastically. On the upside, the economy may see a pick up in growth if policymakers are able to find credible solutions to the debt crisis. "On the other hand, policy missteps could trigger wider instability along the lines of the crisis that followed the failure of Lehman Brothers in 2008," the WTO said. "Weighing these factors, we believe that risks to the forecast are firmly rooted on the downside but we should not ignore the fact that there is some upside potential," it warned. The WTO noted that member states resisted protectionist pressures during the financial and economic crises of 2008 to 2009, but another sharp downturn could test their will. "Another downturn in the global economy could strain their resolve to the breaking point and trigger a descent into self-destructive protectionism," the trade body feared. Global trade expanded by a record-breaking 14.5 percent in 2010, making up some ground lost in 2009's slump of 12 percent.  

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