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Trade war could raise costs, slow economic growth in Hawaii

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRYANT FUKUTOMI / BFUKUTOMI@STARADVERTISER.COM

As trade tensions mount between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump is dispatching Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other top economic advisers to Beijing this week to try to forestall an all-out trade war.