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A closed Ikea store in the city of Hangzhou, in China's Zhejiang province. The Swedish furniture firm and tech giant Apple are shutting stores as part of protection measures amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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Jeffrey Hutton Regional Correspondent In Jakarta, Jeffrey Hutton
After a year and a half of a trade war between the world's two biggest economies that choked off exports and foreign investment for the region, this was supposed to be South-east Asia's year of recovery.
A month into 2020 and that prospect is in doubt.
