- The European Union will boost its trade with the US by $338 billion, driven largely by American energy exports to Europe, and will also expand its combined trade with Asean countries, Africa, the Middle East and India.
- Trade between the US and China will drop by $63 billion
- Between the EU and China, trade growth will also decelerate, growing by just $72 billion, which BCG called “a modest increase compared with previous years.”
- Russia’s trade with China and India will grow by $110 billion, “including $90 billion with China alone” the consultancy said
- Southeast Asia will be the main winner, with an estimated $1 trillion in new trade tied largely to new commerce with China, Japan, the US, and the EU
- Asean trade with China will grow by $438 billion, the largest interregional advance
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