Aug 29 2018, 5:53 PMAug 30 2018, 1:36 PMAugust 29 2018, 5:53 PMAugust 30 2018, 1:36 PM
International trade by the world ’s biggest economies has increased for the first time in two years , as the US dollar strengthens and exports increases , according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) . It said that after eight straight quarters of expansion , exports by the G20 index fell 2 % in Q2 2018 , and imports fell 0.9 % . The OECD stated that depreciation against the dollar had been partly to blame , but that the Trump administration ’s tariffs were the greatest risk to economic growth .