WASHINGTON, D.C.: The US central bank opened a two-day policy meeting Tuesday that markets overwhelmingly expect will produce the second interest rate hike of the year.

But as policymakers seek to hold off inflation in the world’s largest economy, global trade tensions are swirling around the meeting, inflamed by the messy end to last weekend’s contentious Group of Seven summit in Canada.

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