7343 WIR 2019 4440 Trade Wars II 4198 Brexit II 4189 Trade Wars I 3593 Brexit I 1904 EDAR 2019 1504 TDR 2018 971 TIR 2018 934 RMT 2018 488 IER 2017 302 LDCR 2018 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 Source: UNCTAD, Communications Department.
777 Trade Wars I 451 Trade Wars II 259 Brexit I 158 EDAR 2019 156 Brexit II 156 WIR 2019 126 TDR 2019 124 RMT 2019 113 LDCR 2018 23 DER 2019 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 Source: UNCTAD, Communications Department.
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