FILE PHOTO: The European Central Bank (ECB) logo is pictured before a news conference on the outcome of the meeting of the Governing Council in Frankfurt, Germany, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The coronavirus outbreak in China is adding to global economic uncertainty, compounding already ample risk from trade protectionism, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday.
"The short-term uncertainties are mainly related to global risks – trade, geopolitical and now the outbreak of the coronavirus and its potential effect on global growth," Lagarde said in a speech in Paris.
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