Like a sleek Mercedes crunched between two freight trucks, Europe's
economy is being knocked off course by the conflict between the U.S. and
China over trade. The bill for damages from the U.S-China collision will likely be reflected in new growth figures due Wednesday that could show Europe's economic motor,
Germany, is stalled or shrinking. Beyond that, economists say there are signs that years of declining unemployment since the depths of the Great Recession and the eurozone debt crisis may be ending.