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The 15th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report comes as long-mounting, interconnected risks are being felt. The global economy is faced with a “synchronized slowdown”, the past five years have been the warmest on record, and cyber attacks are expected to increase this year. Global commerce has historically been a pillar and engine of growth-and a key tool for lifting economies out of downturns- but as we warn, significant restrictions were placed on global trade last year. A potential decoupling of the world’s largest economies, the United States and China, is cause for further concern.
