Finance & economics | Stormy seas
America may be just weeks away from a mighty economic shock
Trade between China and America is already sinking
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Fund managers smell an opportunity to get even bigger
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But more complication, too
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A truce is still possible, but no one wants to be first to pick up the phone
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They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers
