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concern and a problem that has been around for quite some time our chief political correspondent linda green on the story first night here in berlin thank you melissa . art helen is here now and we're going to talk about something that is just not as good as it used to be we're talking about charades yes yes no growing how it used to say i'm a fright frayed brand we of course we knew that but we've now got the hard figures that growth streak in international trade come to an end for the first time since twenty sixteen the trade of much in dice from the g twenty of course the twenty leading industrial nations well it's fallen exports dropped point six percent imports declined even more last quarter that's according to figures published by the o.e.c.d. argentina brazil and turkey experienced the biggest falls those countries suffer from weak currencies and economic turmoil another reason for the decline is the ongoing trade conflicts of course between the united states china as well as other countries. where u.s. government maintains at least that it's hoping to find some common ground on trad