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1、TradeProtectionismAlertTheworldshouldheedwarningsthatbarrierstotradearecreepingupJun30th2012
2、fromtheprinteditionG20protectionismTradeaffectedbyimportrestrictionsAsa%oftotal2009101112WHENthefinancialcrisishit,theG20,groupingtogethercountriesthatproduc
3、emorethan85%oftheworld'sGDP,madealltherightnoisesabouttrade•Worldleadersweredeterminednottorepeatthemistakesofthe1930s，whenprotectionismledtoeconomicdisaster;andtheirapparentsuccessinensuringthatglobalmarketsstayedopenhasbeenarareglimmeroflightinthee
4、conomicgloom.Yeteventhisoptimismmaybemisplaced.AsareportfromtheWorldTradeOrganisation(WTO)warnsthisweek,thebarriersarecreepingbackup.Onthefaceofit,allseemswell.TheG20continuestopreachthevirtuesoffreetradeeachtimeitmeets,mostrecentlyinLosCabosinMexico
5、.Despitethedeepsuspicionsbetweenthem,tradebetweenthetwoemerginggiants,ChinaandIndia,isbooming.Russia,theonejumboemergingmarketthatisnotyetamemberoftheWTO,willjoinbyJuly23rd,after19yearsofaccessiontalks;iftherecentexperienceofChinaandVietnamisanyguide
6、,foreigninvestmentinRussiawilljumpasthemarketopens.Regionalagreementsareproliferating,too.In2010atradedealcoveringcloseto30%oftheworldspopulation一theChina-ASEANFree-TradeArea一wasstruck.TheEuropeanUnion,itselfthebiggestfree-tradeareaintermsofvalue,mad
7、esidedealswithColombiaandPeruearlierthismonth.BiggerEUdeals,withIndia,JapanandperhapsAmerica,areinthepipeline.Andthereisnodoubtthattradehasthepotentialtoflourishintheyearsahead.Inanewlong-runforecastpublishedthisweek,HSBCpredictsthatworldtradewillgro
8、wbycloseto90%overthenext15years一advancingmodestlyatfirst,becauseoftheeurocrisis,thenvigorously.Inadditiontotop-downnumber-crunching,HSBCalsolookedatexpectationsfromthebottomup.Viewsitgatheredfromthousandsofsmallfirmsinvolvedinimportsandexportssupport
9、theoptimisticoutlook.AwatchdogbarksButtheWTOisworried.Itdetectsasteadyriseinbarriers,despitethepromisesatG20summits.Thenewrestrictionsrangefromhighertariffstocostlyimportlicencesandcustomscontrols.Individualexamplescanseemtrivial一newminimumpricesforb
