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Green098 said:
Green098 said:

Nintendo Everything's info there must be wrong or outdated.

Masuda himself said there would be online battling and trading:

From Gamespot;

Update: Looks like Nintendo Everything are correcting themselves confirming there will be online.

https://nintendoeverything.com/game-freaks-junichi-masuda-on-pokemon-lets-go-pikachu-eevee-update-on-online/

Lastly, we have one more report on online usage. There unfortunately was a high degree of confusion here to due conflicted reports coming out of last night’s event in Tokyo, particular from the Q&A session. But after speaking with Masuda, IGN reports that battling and trading online are both available online and locally. Online ranked battles will not be available, however. There are also no plans to use Nintendo Switch Online. GameSpot is reporting similar information, so we’re hoping that this has been settled once and for all.

Source 1, Source 

That's good to know, they originally reported that online battles were present and then backtracked, hopefully this time it's finally confirmed. Still not for me since I don't like the changes, but it doesn't seem  like a terrible idea anymore.