Media has been constantly pushing this narrative that US Trade War is affecting Chinese Companies revenues, hence why they are in a " slowdown "... That's all baloney, US has imported even more from China in 2018 then it ever has! China's recession is due to degenerate monetary policies stemming back from 2011.
When the U.S. Census Bureau releases the annual trade statistics on March 6, statistics that were delayed a month by the U.S. government shutdown, the data will show that for the first time ever, anywhere, one country will have imported $500 billion -- one half trillion dollars-- of products from another country in one year