The world is changing with extraordinary rapidity, driven by many influences, including shifts in production and consumption patterns, continuing technological innovation, new ways of doing business and, of course, policy. The World Trade Report 2013 focuses on how trade is both a cause and an effect of change and looks into the factors shaping the future of world trade
Chapter A Introduction -- Chapter B -- Trends in international trade -- Chapter C -- Fundamental economic factors affecting international trade -- Chapter D -- Trade openness and the broader socio-economic context -- Chapter E -- Prospects for multilateral trade cooperation -- Chapter F -- Conclusions

336 p. ill., charts

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