These 10 Countries Will Command World Trade In 2050¿??¿

Economists haven't come to a consensus on what's in store for the global economy next year. Europe is in turmoil, China seems to be slowing, and the U.S. political system is a mess.

However, there is hope that short-run uncertainty will just be noise in the big picture and that things will return to some long term trend.
Citigroup's research team led by Chief Economist Willem Buiter recently published their forecasts for global trade in 2050. In a report titled Trade Transformed: The Emerging New Corridors of Trade Power,* the economists project world trade (i.e. the sum of imports and exports) in real terms is set to jump from $37 trillion in 2010 to $287 trillion in 2050.
Specifically, trade is set to transform with most growth coming from emerging markets. China is projected to overtake the U.S. as the world's leader in trade as early as 2015.
Developing Asia is expected to become the world's largest regional trade corridor in the same period. Moreover, intra-EM trade is expected to account for 38% of world trade activity in 2050. These projections are however contingent on GDP growth, improved productivity, rising incomes, and the fewer protectionist measures.

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Fuente: www.businessinsider.com