HONG KONG -- Airfreight traffic, often a leading indicator of trade trends, turned down in the Asia-Pacific region in November, the first fall in more than two-and-a-half years.
The drop is notable as the region is the busiest in the world for airfreight and home to many of the top cargo-handling airlines and airports. The decline comes amid a lull in U.S.-China trade tensions but suggests that worries about the outlook for more conflict or economic deceleration are already dampening activity.
