[11B3]

"private economists said China's economic growth rate this year would be at least 1 percentage point lower than previously estimated"

No - how about if this continues and the US has no other choice but to refuse ALL shipments from China, your economy will perform at 1% of what it used to, not 1% lower.

Shouldn't be playing with bioweapons, China. "The best laid plans of mice and men...."

[Amalie]

The chances of many American companies SURVIVING a fall in Chinese imports is just as serious. We are now (very unfortunately) too reliant on the Chinese manufacturing sector to NOT have severe ripple effects through our own economy as a result. This is bad news for the world's economic health...