HONG KONG, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were set to start slightly higher on Friday, with investors bracing for dire July China trade data later in the day after Beijing posted uninspiring industrial output and producer prices on Thursday. Fear of faltering demand from China's two biggest foreign customers - the European Union and United States - had seen economists peg back their calls for annual export growth to a three-month low consensus of 8.6 percent in a Reuters poll last week, but even that could be too optimistic. Corporate earnings will continue to be a focus, with China Overseas Land, Swire Pacific and Zijin Mining Group among the companies expected to release...
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