The financial crisis that hit the world economy in 2008 and 2009 has had a huge impact on the international exchange of goods and services. While international trade in services of EU countries still recorded positive growth in 2008 (total exports up +2.2 % after +8.5 % in 2007), preliminary results show it declined significantly by 6.7 % in 2009. It is interesting to note that the exports of…