IMF chief Lagarde says global economic recovery taking root

BOAO, China (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Monday that global economic recovery is taking root.

Some industries in advanced countries had been affected by free trade and measures have to be taken to tackly such effects, Lagarde said at the Boao Forum for Asia in China's southern Hainan province.

(Reporting by Kevin Yao; Editing by Nick Macfie)