Terracotta art in Gobinda Temple, Puthia, Rajshahi

Trade protectionism threatens economic growth: IMF

AFP, Hong Kong :International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Wednesday issued a stern warning to governments to avoid undermining global growth with protectionist trade policies. In a less than thinly-veiled warning to US President Donald Trump, who has locked horns with China on trade, the head of the IMF said countries should open trade further by reforming their own domestic practices rather than putting up new barriers to trade. And she said it was a mistake to view trade...

13 Apr 2018, 12:00 am