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World trade growth slid to5.5 percent last year from 8.5 percent in 2006 andmay grow even more slowly in 2008—atabout 4.5 percent—as sharp economicdeceleration in key developed countriesis only partly offset by continuing stronggrowth in emerging economies, accordingto World Trade Organization economists.