SINGAPORE -- Malaysia's economy slowed in the first quarter of 2019, as ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions took their toll on the country's exports.
The 4.5% expansion in gross domestic product announced on Thursday narrowly beat economist expectations, but was slower than the 4.7% in the previous three-month period. The escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies is expected to weigh on the Southeast Asian country's economic outlook.
