The age of uncertainty: Trade wars and laws in 2017

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Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Lucy Palfreeman

reporter

Forecasts for trade since the financial crisis have been steady. Now, political anxiety and regulatory tightening casts a huge shadow of ambiguity over the trade outlook for 2017. Trump, Brexit and China have all rocked the trade plateau, making the trade finance arena next year ever more uncertain, and open for increasing speculation.

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