INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS TOP WEF RISK OUTLOOK.

PositionWorld Economic Forum's 2019 - Brief article

Increasing economic and political tensions between major powers represent the most urgent risk facing the world today, according to the World Economic Forum's 2019 Global Risks Report. Most experts surveyed expected an increase in economic confrontations in the coming year (91%), additional erosion of multilateral trading rules and agreements (88%) and more major-power political confrontations (85%). In addition to the short-term pain these issues will cause, experts fear strained relations will make it more difficult for nations to cooperate on longer-term risks posed by...

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