American farmers have been forced to warehouse a bumper crop of soybeans, or sell at a loss, while a Midwest medical supply company is considering shipping production overseas amid growing uncertainty.
Surveys of US business and consumer sentiment continued to show economic optimism going into next year but cracks are beginning to form -- in the United States and around the world -- with President Donald Trump's trade conflict the major source of concern.
The International Monetary Fund is forecasting respectable global growth of 3.7 percent next year but the world's two largest economies -- the United States and China -- are starting to cool.
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