Given the historical relationship between cross-border trade and global economic activity, today's report from the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis that world trade volumes fell for a third straight month and are within a hair's breadth of turning negative on a year-over-year basis suggests that another global downturn is on the cards.

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