World trade rebounded further in the first few months of 2010, its volume meanwhile approaching the pre-crisis level. On the back of the boom in Asia, the recovery in the USA and the depreciation of the euro, euro area exports should make good headway. Nevertheless, the cyclical upturn will...

Benefiting from the depreciation of the euro in the first half of the year, euro area exports should keep their upward trend in the remainder of 2010. At the same time, however, economic growth is set to slow down somewhat in the USA and in Asia. In 2011, the cyclical upswing in the euro area...