No DOUBT that IT WOULD BE BAD!!

Which is WHY both sides should STOP NOW and NEGOTIATE a Solution..

but if the tit for tat.. game goes on..  CHINA has FAR MORE TO LOSE.. then we do..

... and we BOTH know that.

The US's Largest Trading deficit partners..

  ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_the_United_States   )

The largest US partners with their total trade   (sum of imports and exports ) in millions of US dollars for calendar year 2016 are as follows:^[2]

A flow map of the largest trade partners of the US

United States imported $2.13 trillion from other countries in 2014

United States exported $1.44 trillion to other countries in 2014

Rank	Country/District	Exports	Imports	Total Trade	Trade Balance
-	World	1,454,624	2,188,940	3,643,564	-734,316
-	European Union[3]	270,325	416,666	686,991	-146,340
1	China	115,775	462,813	578,588	-347,038
2	Canada	266,827	278,067	544,894	-11,240
3	Mexico	230,959	294,151	525,110	-63,192
4	Japan	63,264	132,202	195,466	-68,938
5	Germany	49,362	114,227	163,589	-64,865
6	South Korea	42,266	69,932	112,198	-27,666

so...???

We IMPORT 4 TIMES the amount of STUFF from China vs our Exports..  So if CHINA wants to ESCALATE a TRADE WAR..  It would be very dumb.. but.. who knows??