Services exports are collateral damage in trade war

With attention focused on the impact of tariffs on goods trade, the recent decline in services exports has gone largely unnoticed. But that has already knocked a few tenths off GDP growth and, with the weakness concentrated in sectors in which the US has a strong comparative advantage, it is not a great sign for the longer-run outlook.

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