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In what would amount to its biggest decline since World War II, global trade could shrink by nine percent during 2009, according to a forecast by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in its annual assessment of world trade.   The WTO report was released while its director-general Pascal Lamy was in Washington to meet officials in the Obama administration ahead of the G20 summit.

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A burning issueElectricity generation is at the heart of the climate change debate. Wayne Leonard, CEO of Entergy Corporation, tells Martin Ashcroft about the urgent action he believes is required. "For every generation there is a defining issueÔÇöan issue it must resolve if society is to continue and thrive; an issue it cannot ignore.