cfo sven schneider tells. cnbc the firm has. been resilient. >> we are still navigating in a pretty difficult market environment, which is, from a structural perspective, very supportive for us, but we still need to go through the inventory correction and in certain areas, the market demand is still weak. >> and u.s. >> futures point modestly lower as attention turned to tech earnings. >> today, with alphabet. >> next up after the bell. so the new global. trade war continues. china has now retaliated, hitting the u.s. with. tariffs of its own from february 10th. beijing will impose a 15% duty on american coal and lng, and an additional 10% tariff on crude oil, farm equipment and some autos. in a sign of a widening impact, china's anti-monopoly monopoly regulator also announced the launch of an investigation into google. so all of that fresh this morning for investors to digest. and this, of course, after president trump delayed implementing tariffs on mexico and canada for 30 days, but not china in return, america's neighbors wi