BERLIN—Germany slashed its economic growth forecast, invoking a shortage of skilled workers at home and global trade tensions aboard, a fresh sign that the European powerhouse is increasingly vulnerable to U.S.-China trade disputes.
Germany’s decadelong economic upswing is projected to continue because of strong domestic demand, but the world’s third-largest exporter of goods—after China and the U.S.—is becoming more exposed to the unfolding trade dispute between Washington and Beijing, the government said.
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