Global Economy 'Sharply' Slowed by Trade Tensions, Report Says
Global economic growth slowed “sharply” in 2018 due to escalating trade conflicts and could continue to slow from the U.S.’s trade war with China, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a May 21 report. While global growth…
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has stabilized at a “moderate level” in 2019, the report expects the global economy to grow at a “fragile” rate in the next two years, but could be derailed by “trade tensions, high policy uncertainty, risks in financial markets and a slowdown in China.” Trade tensions could slow global growth to 3.2 percent in 2019 and 3.4 percent in 2020, OECD said, and world trade will grow by just more than 2 percent in 2019, which would be the lowest rate in a decade. The estimates are conditional on “no escalation of trade tensions,” OECD added, which could reduce global gross domestic output by more than 0.6 percent over the next three years.