Lagarde and Draghi stress Eastern Europe’s exposure to trade disputes

Improved institutions required to develop resilience to external shocks

Christine Lagarde and Mario Draghi at the ECB.
Christine Lagarde and Mario Draghi
Photo: European Central Bank

Eastern Europe is particularly exposed to the effects of trade friction and policy-makers need to improve governance to foster more resilient growth models, senior officials said today (June 12).

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, made the remarks during a conference in Frankfurt.

At the eighth ECB conference on central, eastern and south-eastern European (Cesee) countries, Lagarde emphasised

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