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10 Stocks That Could Feast or Fall on China Trade

China, the world's second-largest economy, has been slowing, and that has American investors worried.

True, Chinese gross domestic product clocked a 6.4% annual gain in the final three months of 2018 - a rate most nations would envy. U.S. GDP grew at a 2.6% annual rate in the fourth quarter. Nevertheless, China's GDP grew at a 10.6% rate in 2010, according to the World Bank, and has been slowing ever since.

The U.S.-China trade war has only increased anxiety about the Chinese economy. The Chinese stock market has tumbled 13.6% the past 12 months, according to MSCI - worse than the average 10.6% loss for emerging markets. American investors worry about China's growth because it's such an enormous market, and some of the largest U.S. companies have made big bets on Chinese expansion.

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