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Global trade contraction may top 6 percent in 09: World Bank


    WARSAW (Reuters) - Global trade may contract by more than 6 percent in 2009 but could return to positive growth next year, World Bank chief economist Justin Lin said on Thursday.

    "A global trade contraction could be larger than the 6 percent that we had earlier expected," Lin told Reuters in an interview during a visit to Poland.

    Lin also said recent rises in global stock markets could point to the start of a global economic recovery.

    (Reporting by Karolina Slowikowska and Marcin Goclowski, writing by Gareth Jones)