China is expected to report a modest slowdown in second-quarter economic growth on Monday, as the government’s efforts to tackle debt risks crimp activity and a trade war with the United States threatens exports. Analysts polled by Reuters expect gross domestic product (GDP) to have grown 6.7 percent year-on-year in the April-June period, cooling from the first quarter’s 6.8 percent expansion. The world’s second-largest economy has already felt the pinch from a crackdown on riskier lending that has driven up corporate borrowing costs, promoting the central bank to pump out more cash by cutting reserve requirements for lenders. Recent data have started to show signs of fatigue as credit expansion slowed and domestic demand ranging from government-funded infrastructure investment to consumer spending […]