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‘If countries stop playing by trade rules, poorer countries will suffer’

‘If countries stop playing by trade rules, poorer countries will suffer’

Update: 2025-03-27

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In this episode of The Lid Is On, Conor Lennon from UN News speaks to Luz Maria de la Mora, the Director of the International Trade Division at UNCTAD, about the uncertainty that unilateral tariffs are having on the global trade outlook, and why the consequence could be particularly serious for developing economies.

Music by Joachim Harris, all rights reserved

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‘If countries stop playing by trade rules, poorer countries will suffer’

‘If countries stop playing by trade rules, poorer countries will suffer’

UN News/ Conor Lennon