Significant slowdown in world trade in 2007 - emerging economies still experiencing sustained growth according to WTO estimates. According to international trade prospects published by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), growth in world trade could fall to 4.5% in 2008, following last year's slowdown to 5.5% and the healthy rate of 8.5% in 2006. According to economists, sustained growth in transition countries only partially compensates the sharp economic slowdown in developed countries,...