BEIJING China 's trade grew faster than expected last month, official data showed Monday, though fresh fears are rising of a major escalation in the tariff war between Beijing and Washington. The world's second-largest economy has in recent years been mired in a persistent domestic spending slump just as pressure on its export-reliant manufacturing sector intensifies. Clouding the outlook, concerns spiked over the weekend that the trade war between the world's top two economies will worsen