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OECD: US growth to slow to 1.6pc this year, hobbled by trade wars

Washington | US economic growth will slow to 1.6 per cent this year from 2.8 per cent last year as President Donald Trump’s erratic trade wars disrupt global commerce, drive up costs and leave businesses and consumers paralysed by uncertainty.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecast on Tuesday that the world’s largest economy will slow further to just 1.5 per cent next year.

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