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U.S.-China Speed Dating Isn’t Enough to Tame Global Headwinds

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  • Signs of hope out of trade talks offset by sour growth data

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Markets are struggling to decipher exactly what might have been promised in U.S.-China trade talks this week, while the U.S. government enters its third week of shutdown and sour global growth evidence piles up. Happy New Year, indeed.