IMF chief calls for de-escalating trade disputes amid dimming global growth outlook

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delivers a speech in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 1, 2018. Lagarde on Monday called on economies around the world to "de-escalate and resolve the current trade disputes", as global economic growth outlook has dimmed. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)