The UN trade body’s Global Trade Update for December 2022 noted that after a record year, global trade growth had turned negative in the second half of 2022. For more details, please visit the below website of Seatrade Maritime News. https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/containers/trade-slowdown-worsen-2023-unctad Reference: Gary Howard, "Trade slowdown to worsen in 2023: UNCTAD", Seatrade Maritime News, Dec 13th 2022.