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Ailing auto sector still a drag on global industry

The global industrial downturn so far has been fairly broad-based, but cars have fared particularly badly.While some temporary factors have been to blame, the longer-term drivers of the slowdown point toprolonged weakness in the auto sector. Needless to say, tariffs pose a large risk.

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