The trend is your friend, economists and investors love to say—unless it isn’t. Strong Chinese exports have, for months, managed to buck slowing global growth and rising trade tensions. Not anymore—November export data released on the weekend was the worst, excluding the holiday period around Lunar New Year, since late 2016. Import growth also slowed sharply, partly due to falling oil prices. Economists...

Source: Wall Street Journal December 10, 2018 10:18 UTC