Coming up the gears of global trade.

From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Beneshore, in for David Bruncaccio.

Global trade growth will slow down next year as the impact of the Trump administration's sweeping tariffs sinks in.

That is the prediction of the World Trade Organization in a new report.

Marketplace's Henry Ep has more.

Just two months ago, the WTO predicted global trade would grow by nearly 2% next year. Now it's revised that forecast down to just half a percent.

The organization expects that the Trump administration's widespread import taxes implemented in August will really start to bite in 2026, as companies run

through their stockpiles of goods built up this year. That stockpiling, mostly in the first half of

2025, is part of the reason why the WTO says global trade has actually held up better than it

expected so far, a better inflation picture across the globe

and increased trade between so-called emerging economies in Asia, Africa, and Latin America helped

too. Global trade has also been propped up by a surge in AI-related purchases,

semiconductors, servers, and telecom equipment. Trade of those products has grown 20% compared

to last year. AI could continue to be a tailwind next year, even as trade of other goods and

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tripled between 2020 and 2024, that's according to the Federal Trade Commission, that

translates to more than $500 million in reported losses. And the scams aren't even all done via text. You can find them on

legitimate job posting boards, too. Some are easy to catch, but some are really sophisticated,

impersonating real companies. So how do you spot them? Over at Marketplace Tech, they ask for some tips

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