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Chief economist update: Chinese dragon now a bear

BY BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018 11:29AM

The strong momentum in the US economy as against a weakening one in China would only exacerbate China's trade surplus which, by extension, would deepen Trump's trade stoush.

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