Global / International trade

Michele Ruta on Trade Shifts

MICHELE RUTA

July 31, 2024

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In This Episode

The world is changing so quickly it’s hard to think of one aspect of our economic lives that hasn’t shifted from what it was only a few years ago. Trade is no exception. New technologies, the re-emergence of industrial policy, and rising geopolitical tensions are all putting added pressure on the international trading system. Michele Ruta is a trade expert at the IMF. He says global cooperation is key to preventing economic fragmentation, from which no one benefits. Transcript

Check out the IMF’s global trade webpage

And an entire issue of the IMF's Finance and Development magazine on Trade

MICHELE RUTA is a deputy division chief in the External Policy Division of the IMF’s Strategy, Policy, and Review Department.

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