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GLOBAL ECONOMY Asia's factories stumble as US tariffs hit order books

Asia's big manufacturing hubs struggled to fire up in October, business surveys showed on Monday, as weak U.S. demand and tariffs under President Donald Trump hit factory orders across the region.