Touch wood: Trade war leaves China importers out on a limb As the US and China levy tit-for-tat tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of each other's imports, some Chinese businesses have seen their profits fall sharply, with knock-on effects rippling through the economy. IMAGES of a Chinese firm that imports wood from the US, and another Chinese firm that purchases some imported wood from that company to make furniture and other products and SOUNDBITES from bosses of Chinese firms.