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IMF Reports Global Trade Value Up, but a Mismatch on Actual Shipping Demand
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest World Economic Outlook frames the global economy as “steady”, but industry analysts caution that this characterization hides a more challenging reality for containerized trade. Much of the optimism is based on calculations of higher-valued technology exports which inflates trade figures without reflecting true transport demand. The IMF projects global