Economists explore explanations for the slowdown of global trade at an event held by PIIE on April 20, 2016. Senior Fellow Caroline Freund presented her view that the slowdown is mostly cyclical (and affected by a topping out of supply chains). Gary Clyde Hufbauer, PIIE's Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, argued that the slowdown is primarily the result of cumulating small, hidden protectionist measures and a lack of liberalization. Also presenting were Ralph Carter, managing director of legal and international affairs at FedEx; Aaditya Mattoo, research manager for trade and integration at the World Bank; and Susan Lund, McKinsey & Company. For more information, visit: www.piie.com/events/event_detail.cfm?EventID=440

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