The World Trade Organization Released The World Trade Report 2013.

< p > > the World Trade Organization (WTO) released the world trade report 2013 18, analyzing possible trends in World Trade and the current and future economic, social and political factors affecting these trends.

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The P report reviews the development of world trade in the past decades, pointing out that in the past 30 years, the growth rate of international trade has exceeded the growth rate of global output, and the rise of new trade participants is mainly in developing countries and rapidly industrializing Asian economies.

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< p > the report stresses that the sharp reduction in freight and communication costs has contributed to the development of the global trading system.

In addition, pnational political and economic cooperation aimed at reducing trade barriers played a key role in maintaining sustained trade growth.

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"P" reported that population, investment, technology, energy and other natural resources, pportation costs and systems are important economic factors affecting global trade.

The report holds that population change will affect trade model and import demand, foreign investment will promote the development of international supply chain, technology will create comparative advantages and reduce trade costs, the price changes of natural resources will have a significant impact on economic activity and Global trade, while shale gas change may profoundly affect energy output and trade pattern, pportation costs affect trade volume, trade direction and trade model, and the improvement of system will also reduce trade costs and form comparative advantages.

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< p > besides the above economic factors, the report also points out that the future world trade pattern is also affected by social problems such as income inequality and unemployment rate and environmental problems.

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Rami, director general of WTO, said that it is very useful for us to consider future prospects from so many factors. It reminds us that P is not only for trade itself, but also for its potential contribution to the future development of mankind.

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The P report also lists the major trends that will affect global trade in the coming decades, including the emergence of the international supply chain, the rise of emerging economies, the development of service trade, the rise and fall of commodity prices and the deepening of people's views on trade, employment and environment.

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The P report also points out that China is a successful example in recent years, and the data it provides shows that China was the largest commodity exporter in 2012.

The report also said that with the aging of population in the coming decades, a major source of China's development momentum will no longer exist, and at the same time, with China's rapid accumulation of capital and upgrading technology, China can make comparative advantages by exporting capital intensive and higher value products.

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