<p class="MsoNormal">China’s <a href="https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/industry/economy/chinas-industrial-output-slows-to-61-in-april-amid-easing-trade-tensions" target="_blank">industrial profits</a> fell 9.1% in May from the year-ago period, reversing the previous month’s gains, signaling a sluggish factory activity, ongoing economic stress, and uncertainty surrounding its fragile trade truce with the US.</p>
