Sliding Japan exports, manufacturing gloom heighten economic risks

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports fell for a seventh straight month in June, pressured by Sino-U.S. trade frictions, slowing China growth and rising trade protectionism, as manufacturers' business confidence hit a three-year low. Exports have been a drag on the world's third-largest economy, weighing on factory output and threatening to undermine capital expenditure.

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