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GENEVA, Oct 21 (Xinhua/APP): A UN report on Wednesday forecast a 7 percent to 9 percent year-on-year drop in the value of global trade in 2020, despite signs of a weak rebound in the third quarter led by a recovery in China.

In the latest quarterly report of the UNCTAD the Geneva-based trade body estimates world trade to be about 5 percent less in the third quarter than the same period in 2019,

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