ASIAN export growth, led by China, is set to slow down this year regardless of whether the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak is contained or not, said BNP Paribas Peregrine Securities chief economist Chan Kok Peng.
In his paper on the regional economic outlook at the MCA economic seminar, Chan said China's export growth was expected to slow down as demand in its two biggest export destinations, the US and Europe, weakened.
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