EM manufacturing steady, but tariffs cloud the outlook

The EM manufacturing PMI ticked up in March on the back of a pick-up in China as well as a continued recovery in Central and Eastern Europe. But tariffs present a major headwind to EMs’ industrial sectors, and the surveys already suggest that Mexico’s is struggling amid the persistent threat it has faced.

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