China’s 2019 Growth Seen Slowing to 6.2 Percent as Trade War Weighs: Reuters Poll

China’s 2019 Growth Seen Slowing to 6.2 Percent as Trade War Weighs: Reuters Poll
Containers are seen at a port in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China on May 28, 2019. Reuters
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BEIJING—China’s economic growth is expected to slow to a near 30-year low of 6.2 percent this year, a Reuters poll showed on July 10, despite a flurry of support measures to spur domestic demand amid a bruising trade war with the United States.

The median forecast was unchanged from the last poll in April.