Economics
China's Weak Factory Reports Show Need for Lasting Trade Truce
- Manufacturing PMI stayed in contraction zone amid tensions
- G-20 optimism ‘hedged’ by worsening economic data: economist
Workers labor at a smelter in Anhui province, China.
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Gauges of activity in China’s manufacturing sector showed the economy remains fragile, underlining the need for the truce with the U.S. forged at the weekend to be a lasting one.