with the united states is down almost 16 percent the trade war is making its mark on the world's 2 biggest economies and it's unclear if there's an end in sight a day after beijing announced an agreement between the 2 governments to roll back tariffs or hoards of backpedaling from washington. u.s. firms are among the thousands of companies taking part at the china trade expo they're hoping to keep doing good business in the country despite the trade dispute . the statement this week from the ministry of commerce in beijing is likely to have raised their spirits. of. course you don't go over the past 2 weeks the chief trade negotiators of the 2 sides had serious and constructive discussions on how to resolve their respective core issues and agreed to cancel the other tariffs in stages. for shelter i don't question. for their part the united states confirmed the statement the trade conflict has hit