Before revision:  In the present paper we  employ the theoretical tools developed in network theory , in order to shed light on the response of world wide trade to the financial crisis of 2007.
After revision: Since 2007, several contributions have tried to identify early-warning signals of the financial crisis. However, the vast majority of analyses has focused, so far, on financial systems and little theoretical work has been done on the economic counterpart. In the present paper we employ the theoretical tools developed in network theory , in order to shed light on the response of world wide trade to the financial crisis of 2007.