Deputy Prime Minister Oana Gheorghiu said on Tuesday that Romania must adopt a new model of economic growth, based on competitiveness and innovation, in order to avoid stagnation in terms of real convergence, known in the specialist literature as the 'middle-income trap'. The remarks were made at the Victoria Palace during the debate 'Romania: Economic Growth Based on Competitiveness', organised by the Government in partnership with the World Bank Group, agerpres reports. 'For some time,