A further escalation of the trade war between the US and China would take a major toll on economic growth in both countries next year, with China the bigger casualty, according to an economic analysis released by the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday. The world economy would also suffer, the IMF said. Based on the trade tariffs already in place, the organisation revised down its estimates of world growth this year and next by 0.2 of a percentage point to a still healthy 3.7 per cent. Assuming the US slaps tariffs on all Chinese imports, as US President Donald Trump has threatened to do, the effect on consumer ... (full story)