Global Trade Comes Back to Life After Virus Lockdowns

(Bloomberg) -- Global trade momentum turned positive for the first time this year in August, according to the monthly CPB World Trade Monitor. A slowdown at the end of 2019 turned into a full slump in 2020 as business ground to a halt because of the coronavirus. The pickup in the monitor tallies with surveys showing solid industrial and manufacturing figures in major economies in recent months.

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