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IMF warns of trade tension risk to global growth
Jemma Crewand Nick Edser,Business reporters Getty Images Trade tensions and a reversal in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom are among the main risks to global economic growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned. Its comments came in its latest world economic outlook, where it described the global economy as “steady”, with growth expected to…
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