A worker rides a motorcycle next to a stack of containers at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 5, 2018. REUTERS
HONG KONG: While 2018 was the year trade wars broke out, 2019 will be the year the global economy feels the pain.
Bloomberg’s Global Trade Tracker is softening amid a fading rush to front-load export orders ahead of threatened tariffs. And volumes are tipped to slow further even as the US and China seek to resolve their trade spat, with companies warning of ongoing disruption.
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