Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Volovik Nadezhda Author-Name-First: Nadezhda Author-Name-Last:Volovik Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: TRADE RESTRICTIONS HAMPER WORLD TRADE GROWTH Abstract: World trade growth rates have signifi cantly slowed: in 2015, the volume of world trade went up by 2.8% and according to the WTO forecast will remain at the same level throughout 2016. As a result, the current year will be the fi h year in a row when the trade turnover will increase by less than 3%. Furthermore, during the period from 1990 through 2008 the average indicator remained at the level of 5%. Classification-JEL: F10, F14, F15, F40 Keywords: Foreign trade, Russian Economy Year: 2016 Issue:7 Month: July Pages: 43-46 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-7-688.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-7-688