US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017.
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- High tariffs on China could prevent the US defense industry from getting needed supplies, a Beijing advisor said.
- "If those military enterprises do not have supply from China, they will not be able to continue with their production."
- Defense-sector stocks have fallen amid policy uncertainty since Trump's victory.