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Trade

Conflict’s

Global

Impact

Grows

Small U.S. businesses

become less confident;

exports to China fall in

Japan, South Korea

Turnip, Built

For Speed,

Roasts Rivals

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Onions are a

disaster; cheese is

fast but smelly

BYANDREAPETERSEN

BALLYDEHOB, Ireland—

Muscles tensed, throwing

arms cocked, six men wait be-

hind the starting line at the

bottom of a hill in this small

rural village. Cheering onlook-

ers crowd behind metal barri-

ers. Organizer Barry O’Brien

calls out the rules.

“You must first throw the

turnip before you reach me.

Pick up the turnip and throw

it again,” he yells. “Ready.

Steady. Go!”

The final round of the 2019

World Championship Turnip

Races has begun.

Rural Ireland is home to a

growing proliferation of festi-

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ance between online and mo-

bile gambling versus in-person

wagering at casinos and race-

tracks.

Some state lawmakers tout

the convenience of betting on

smartphones, while others are

concerned that easy access

could lead to an increase in

problem gambling.

In Rhode Island, which

launched in-person sports bet-

ting at its two casinos last

year, and then expanded a few

months later to mobile, legis-

lators debated the pros and

cons of the technology.

“This can be done in your

basement,” said state Rep. Te-

resa Tanzi, a Democrat, during

a floor debate on mobile bet-

ting. “This could be done

while you’re sitting next to

your spouse in the very same

room...This is something that

people are going to be able to

do under the radar until it’s a

major problem for them.”

State Senate President

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Bets placed via smart-

phones have rapidly brought

New Jersey neck-and-neck

with Nevada in the race to be

the nation’s biggest sports-

betting market.

Limits in other states,

though, could hamper the na-

scent industry’s growth.

Online gamblers now ac-

count for about 80% of all le-

gal wagers on games in New

Jersey, which surpassed Ne-

vada for the first time in May

in monthly sports bets, ac-

cording to figures released by

the two states. New Jersey le-

galized sports betting last

year, following a Supreme

Court ruling that allowed such

moves by individual states.

As other states have waded

into sports gambling since the

decision, some are limiting it

to physical locations like casi-

nos and have hesitated to go

all-in for mobile betting. Many

are attempting to strike a bal-

BYKATHERINESAYRE

Online Sports Wagers

Bring Big State Payoffs

The escalating trade war be-

tween the U.S. and China is rip-

pling through the global econ-

omy, hurting confidence among

U.S. small businesses, crimping

trade among industrial giants

in Asia and hitting export-ori-

ented factories in Europe.

On Sunday the U.S. imposed

fresh tariffs of 15% on Chinese

goods including clothing, tools

and electronics. A round of re-

taliatory Chinese tariffs also

took effect, targeting imports

of U.S. soybeans, crude oil and

pharmaceuticals.

Beijing said on Monday it

lodged a complaint with the

World Trade Organization

over the Trump administra-

tion’s tariffs.

Economic confidence among

small U.S. companies fell in Au-

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ByRuth Simon,

Megumi Fujikawa

andPaul Hannon

trained in a city where violent street crime

is rare, will later don body armor and charge

at protesters flinging bricks and Molotov

cocktails into their lines.

And they worry as they sit down to watch

the ubiquitous live streams that show the

action in excruciating detail: the full-frame

shots of teeth knocked out onto the pave-

ment, of stumbling policemen pulling their

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HONG KONG—Every weekend, thousands

of families across the city say goodbye to

loved ones heading into the fight.

They say goodbye to children dressed in

black, some who hide helmets in their back-

packs and—in case of arrest—have lawyers’

phone numbers stamped on their arms and

coated with hair spray so the numbers don’t

get smeared in the fray.

They say goodbye to policemen who,

BYNATASHAKHAN

Johnson appealed to members

of Parliament not to back “an-

other pointless delay” to

Brexit, which has been twice

delayed until Oct. 31, firing the

first shots in the latest period

of febrile political wrangling

on which hangs how—or even

whether—the U.K. will leave

the European Union.

Meanwhile, his aides deliv-

ered a tougher message be-

hind the scenes, saying an

election will be called for Oct.

14 if lawmakers vote to force a

delay to Brexit.

The message was aimed at

dissuading rebel lawmakers in

Mr. Johnson's own Conserva-

tive Party from supporting op-

position efforts to prevent the

U.K. from leaving the bloc on

that date without a deal to

smooth the transition.

Mr. Johnson told an emer-

gency meeting of his cabinet

on Monday that he would seek

an election if an expected op-

position effort this week to

seize control of the parliamen-

tary agenda is successful, ac-

cording to a senior govern-

ment official. Calling a snap

poll, Downing Street believes,

will stall hisopponents’ bid to

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LONDON—The chances of an

early British general election to

resolve a three-year impasse

over Brexit appeared to rise on

Monday as Prime Minister Bo-

ris Johnson launched a broad-

side at lawmakers seeking to

thwart his Brexit strategy.

In a televised address, Mr.

BYMAXCOLCHESTER

ANDJASONDOUGLAS

U.K.’s Johnson to Call for Election

If Lawmakers Buck His Brexit Plan

While Their Children Clash,

Hong Kong’s Parents Fret

Public unrest is taking a personal toll; ‘Mom says come home’

 Truck makers apply brakes as

sales slow.................................... B

 Markets showed resilience in

topsy-turvy August.............. B

 Students boycott class to join protests......... A

Dozens Feared Dead in Boat Fire

Rescuers recovered four bodies and located four others on the ocean

floor, leaving 26 unaccounted for and feared dead, after a dive boat

caught fire and sank Monday morning off Santa Cruz Island, Calif. A

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Business News....B3,

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Heard on Street... B

Life & Arts....... A11-

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Sports....................... A

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U.S. News............. A2-

Weather................... A

World News....A6,8-

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What’s

News

Johnson launcheda

broadside aimed at U.K. law-

makers seeking to thwart

his Brexit plans, apparently

raising the chances of an

early general election.A

Bets placedvia smart-

phones have brought New

Jersey alongside Nevada in

the race to be the biggest U.S.

sports-betting market.A

Hurricane Dorianhov-

ered over the northwest-

ern Bahamas on Monday,

killing at least five people

and leaving an entire is-

land without power.A

Rescuers recovered

four bodies and were

searching for 30 other pas-

sengers from a dive boat

that burned and sank off

Santa Cruz Island, Calif.A

The suspect allegedto

have killed seven people in

Texas was fired from his job

and called the FBI tip line

hours before opening fire.A

Iran is stiflinga U.N.

probe of its alleged stor-

age of nuclear equipment

and radioactive material in

Tehran, diplomats say.A

The U.S.diplomat over-

seeing talks with the Taliban

shared with the Afghan gov-

ernment details of a proposed

U.S. troop withdrawal deal.A

Hong Kong students

boycotted classes as a form

of political protest.A

F

allout from theescalat-

ing U.S.-China trade war

is rippling through the global

economy, hurting U.S. small-

business confidence, crimping

trade among industrial giants

in Asia and hitting export-ori-

ented factories in Europe.A

Truck makers arelogging

sharply lower orders, adding

stress to a decelerating U.S.

manufacturing sector.B

Argentina imposedcapi-

tal controls in a turnaround

for Macri, who had lifted

similar restrictions early

in his administration.A

Friction betweenBoeing

and air-safety authorities

threatens a new delay in

bringing the grounded 737

MAX back into service.B

Saudi Arabia isremoving

Energy Minister Khalid al-Fa-

lih as Aramco’s chairman as

plans for an IPO accelerate.B

China’s Bank of Jinzhou

said it would skip a year of

interest payments to inter-

national bondholders.B

Recession signals

flashed by tumbling long-

term bond yields may have

been exaggerated.B

Global stocks weremixed,

with the Stoxx Europe 600

rising 0.3% and the Nikkei and

Hang Seng both off 0.4%.B

China’s marketregulator

vetoed a proposed share list-

ing already cleared by the

country’s biggest bourse.B

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Dorian Looms as Threat to U.S. Coast After Striking Bahamas

AWAITING THE STORM: Hurricane Dorian was forecast to approach close to Florida late Tuesday through Wednesday, after battering

the Bahamas, where at least five were killed. Above, people gathered at the water’s edge in Vero Beach, Fla., on Monday. A

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