China’s Growth Weakest Since 1990, Vulnerable in a Trade War

China’s economic growth ticked up in the final quarter of 2016, but its full-year performance was the weakest in three decades as it heads into a potential trade battle with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Trump, who takes office Friday, has promised to hike duties on Chinese goods, putting pressure on industries that employ millions of workers. Supported by government spending and a real estate boom, the world’s second-largest economy expanded by 6.8 percent over a year earlier in...

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