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It Was the Week Trade Wars Went From Uncomfortable to Scary

  • Beijing pledges to counter Trump’s threat of more U.S. tariffs
  • Japan-South Korea feud boils over amid trade actions, protests
A dock worker looks at a container ship in Guangzhou, China.

A dock worker looks at a container ship in Guangzhou, China.

Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
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It’s been a week of trade pain that changes a lot about the global economic outlook.