Trade-reliant Asia takes a beating this week over US, China tariff war

Our global trade dashboard reflects the pain rippling across regions as the world's two biggest economies continue sparring face-to-face

Trade data took a beating this week — especially in Asia, where it really counts.

That, and the broader theme of global economic weakness prompted a dovish message that we heard from the European Central Bank and others around the world. It was a bit more difficult to read whether the Federal Reserve is ready to abandon policy tightening.

Here’s our weekly wrap of what’s going on in the world economy.

Slow Ships

Trade-reliant Asia was the biggest trade-war loser this week, with exports data for Japan, South Korea, and Singapore all taking a tumble and Hong Kong reporting economic growth halved in the