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Asia’s Resilient Export Engines Succumb to Global Slowdown

A container ship in Shenzhen, China, in September.
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By Brendan Murray

November 1, 2019 at 11:00 AM UTC

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First, a pop quiz. How many of the world’s 10 busiest container ports are in the U.S. or Europe?