MANILA: Sino-U.S. trade tensions could slow growth in East Asia this year and next but strong domestic demand and growing intra-regional trade should keep the region's underlying prospects solid, an economic think-tank said on Wednesday.
After projected 5.3 percent growth in 2018, the region's economies are expected to expand at a slower pace of 5.1 percent in 2019 and 5.0 percent in 2020, the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic
Research Office (AMRO) said in a report.
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