Chinese equities have, for much of this year, led this year’s broad-based rise in global stocks. But then the Trump administration decided to play hardball this month on trade—a decision that’s reshuffled year-to-date leadership for equities, based on the world’s major regions and markets via a set of publicly traded funds.

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