International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers a speech previewing the key issues to be addressed in the Annual Meetings in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 8, 2019. (AFP Photo)
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Grinding trade disputes are undermining the global economy, which is set to see its slowest growth in nearly a decade, the new chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.