摘要
根据世界贸易组织(WTO)秘书处2012年4月12日公布的世界贸易报告概要,世界贸易在经历了2010年高达13.8%的恢复性实际增长之后,2011年贸易增速却锐减至5%,预计2012年世界贸易增长速度将继续放慢至3.7%。该报告指出,造成这一趋势的主要原因在于全球经济遭遇一系列震荡(包括欧洲主权债务危机、日本大地震和泰国洪灾以及阿拉伯世界的动荡等)之后,已丧失了增长的动力。2011年,中国经济和贸易虽然仍保持较快的增长趋势,但外部环境的变化已经对中国经济和贸易产生了巨大影响,中国正面临许多变化和挑战。
World merchandise trade in volume （i.e., real） terms expanded in 2011 by 5.0%, a sharp deceleration from the 2010 rebound of 13.8%, and growth will slow further still to 3.7% in 2012, according to a WTO press release about World Trade Report 2012 issued on 12 April 2012. WTO economists attributed the slowdown to the global economy losing momentum due to a number of shocks, including the European sovereign debt crisis, the catastrophic earthquake in Japan and the flooding in Thailand, and turmoil in Arab countries. China＇s economy and trade maintained to increase quickly in 2011, but have been facing many challenges as the outside world have changed so much.
