World trade stagnates in 2011 (WTO). World trade in goods last year increased slightly by 5%, following an exceptional rise of +13.8% in 2010, according to preliminary estimates by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In addition to economic stagnation in Europe we also have had energy price hikes, revolutions in the Arab world and massive natural disasters. Nonetheless, developed countries have achieved an unexpectedly stronger than predicted increase in export levels of 4.7%, thanks to a...