U.S. Factory Gauge Slumps to Six-Month Low Amid Trade War (2).

A gauge of U.S. manufacturing fell by more than forecast to a six-month low, as orders and hiring cooled amid escalating trade tensions with China, data from the Institute for Supply Management showed Thursday. "Import tariffs and counter-tariffs are the biggest inhibitor to the expansion in manufacturing" and trade strains are "restricting demand", Fiore said in an interview. [Extracted from the article]