— The Jakarta Post
TOKYO: Asia's factory activity mostly weakened in March as an intensifying U.S. tariff war and slowing global demand hurt business sentiment, private sector surveys showed on Tuesday, darkening the outlook for the region's economy.
China was one outlier among a broadly downbeat set of purchasing managers' indexes, showing activity in the world's second-largest economy picking up, as factories rushed to get goods to customers before U.S. tariffs took effect.
