23/06/2020 (Agence Europe) – “The fall in trade we are now seeing is historically large - in fact, it would be the steepest on record”, WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said on Monday 22 June, when the organisation’s quarterly forecasts were released, adding: “There is an important silver lining here: it could have been much worse”. In the second quarter of 2020, during the lockdown, the volume of merchandise trade is expected to have declined by around 18.5% year-on-year: a...