But perhaps the most worrying new trend is that developing countries are retaliating with anti-dumping actions of their own.

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The World Bank argues in a new report that tighter financial conditions, thanks to tougher regulation and higher risk aversion, could reduce developing countries' trend growth by 0.2-0.7 percentage points over the next five to seven years.

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The fifth trend, which I call the New Peace, involves war in the world as a whole, including developing nations.

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