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As we said last week one of our favourite investment/trading philosophies is to buy quality companies when they get dragged down by broader negative news/moves and that could easily unfold over the coming weeks. China is the elephant in the room for the ASX with exports to the world’s second-largest economy accounting for over 8% of GDP, hence an already weak Chinese economy being damaged further is bad news for the likes of BHP, RIO and the indebted Australian Government. However, at this stage, the good news, if any, is that the 10% tariff on China isn’t as high as Trump had previously threatened. BHP and Rio are already in a tricky position as they run large operations in Canada.