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Global Trade Shows Resilience Amid Recession Talk

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By Celine Imensek

August 14, 2024 at 11:00 AM UTC

Talk of economic slowdowns is heating up around the world — except on the front lines of global merchandise trade.

Based on bookings data that he sees, “right now we do not see any real signs of a recession,” Rolf Habben Jansen, the CEO of the German container carrier Hapag-Lloyd, said in an interview Wednesday with Bloomberg Television.