The once-popular notion, built into growth forecasts, that exports would provide an escape route from the crisis was never credible. That notion has now been turned on its head: as economic growth has stalled, falling import demand from trade partners has caused economic woes to spread and deepen.
全球贸易在稳步萎靡，过去六个月以来几无增长。增长预测中曾经的流行概念——出口将成为逃生通道——已不再可信。如今，这一概念已经来了个一百八十度大转弯：随着经济增长的停滞，贸易伙伴下降的进口需求导致了经济不景气的蔓延和深化。