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Roberto Azevedo, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) , reported that global trade growth estimates will be lowered for 2013 and 2014 because of increasing global protectionism. The current protectionism is based primarily in regulations rather than the more common tariffs and subsidies. Since 2008, almost 700 new trade restrictions have materialized — over 150 of those in 2012 alone — with Russia being singled out as one of the primary offenders.
Source: Kiran Moodley, "WTO warns of trade slowdown due to protectionism," CNBC, September 6, 2013.
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