Trump fact check: is the Chinese economy really 'going down the tubes'?

The president reckons Beijing will jump at a trade deal because the country's grow is slowing. Martin Farrer takes a closer look

Donald Trump has claimed ahead of his crunch meeting with Xi Jinping that China's economy is "going down the tubes" and that Beijing is desperate to do a trade deal to avert a bigger slowdown.

So is there any truth to the US president's claims?