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	Asia Daily Briefing - Feeling the squeeze February 18, 2019

	Trade war hits SE Asia,  growth down for first time  in 3 years SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia  may be helping drive the  global economy, but GDP figures for 2018 show that even  this dynamic region is not  impervious to the effects of  the trade war, with average  growth among the five main  economies slowing for the first time in three years.
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