EU trade with the United States increased significantly in 2016, the latest trade data reveal. Two-way trade increased to €610 bn (£ 488 bn), or 17.7 percent of total EU trade in goods. “After recording a significant and almost continuous fall until 2011, the share of the United States in …
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EU sees goods trade slowdown in 2016
EU goods trade slowed down in 2016, the latest Eurostat statistics released this week reveal. In January to December 2016, extra-EU28 exports of goods stood at €1 745.7 bn, decreasing by 2 percent compared with the period running from January to December 2015. EU imports decreased by 1 percent the …
In brief: WTO trade forecast – Europe slowdown
The WTO has released its latest world trade growth forecast today, announcing the slowest pace of growth since the output and trade slump of 2009. The WTO’s global forecast was revised down to 1.7 percent growth from 2.8 percent in April this year. The slowdown is mainly due to …
Signs of EU trade slowdown in 2016
Eurostat released fresh data offering first indications of how the EU has fared in its goods trade so far in 2016. The trend is clearly downward, with EU 28 exports to the rest of the world in the first seven months of 2016 plunging 13 percent compared to the same period last year. …
