The Federation of German Wholesale and Foreign Trade (BGA) releasing their 2018 forecasts
- Exports to rise by 5% in 2018, and hit record high of EUR 1.3 trillion
- Imports to rise by 7% in 2018, and hit record high of EUR 1.1 trillion
- US trade policies are alarming because they weaken WTO as an efficient organisation
- We need a rules-based free trade order as guaranteed by WTO rules
Some forecasts and comments from the German side of the Europe equation. All is bright and sunny in Euro-land it seems, if they are to be believed.
