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Figure B1. World GDP is estimated to have expanded by 3.8 per cent (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2018
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Figure B2. NIESR estimates that world trade grew by 4.9 per cent (year-on-year) in 2018Q1
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Figure B3. China is not expected to become the world's biggest importer of goods and services before 2023
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Figure B4. Since 2014, on a PPP basis, China has remained the world's largest economy
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