BEIJING: The prices that Chinese firms pay factories for their goods fell last month at the fastest pace in three years, official data showed on Tuesday, as slackening demand and the bruising US-China trade war drag on the economy.

This file photo taken on August 14, 2019 shows an employee working on a medical glove production line at a factory in Huaibei in China's eastern Anhui province. The prices Chinese firms pay factories for their goods fell in August at the fastest pace in three years, official data showed on September 10, 2019 as slackening demand and the bruising US trade war drag on the economy. AFP PHOTO/ STR

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