The volume of global trade was flat in the first quarter of 2016, then fell by 0.8 percent in the second quarter, according to statisticians in the Netherlands, which happens to keep the best data.

据掌握着最好数据的荷兰统计学家，全球贸易量在2016年第一季度持平，而后在第二季度下降0.8％。

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Unfortunately, the volume of global trade has actually diminished in the past two years, remarkable for the postwar period.

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