China has eased some of its restrictions, especially in cities such as shanghai. i think it's bad news for a lot of the an emerging world to have this simultaneous effect of a direct knock from higher energy and food prices,. A global economy that's slowing could indeed go into recession, which means lower demand for their exports. So i Think it's a pretty bleak environment out there for a lotof poor countries.
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