Global Security · Institutional source
Global trade reaches record $35 trillion despite conflicts
World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025 – but developing countries were held back from greater participation in the global economy because of new technological and policy barriers, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said on Friday.
- Source published
- 9 Oct 2026, 14:00 CEST
Publication time from the source RSS/feed - Captured by GC
- 10 Oct 2026, 21:27 CEST
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- UN News - All
- Trust
- strong · multi-source
- Source quality
- high
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- United States, Iran, UN, OCHA, EU, Myanmar
World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025 – but developing countries were held back from greater participation in the global economy because of new technological and policy barriers, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said on Friday.
What is reported
World trade reached a record $35 trillion in 2025 – but developing countries were held back from greater participation in the global economy because of new technological and policy barriers, the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said on Friday.
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- Source published (RSS): 9 Oct 2026, 14:00 CEST. Publication time from the source RSS/feed
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Institutional or official source. Strong means high traceability of the source, not automatic certainty for every individual wording.
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