The U.S. States Most Vulnerable to a Trade War. Last year, nearly $4 trillion of U.S. economic productivity was the result of international trade.
However, with talk of a trade war heating up, there is a real possibility that the global trade landscape could shift dramatically over the coming months and years.
Any such shifts wouldn’t likely impact the country in a uniform and evenly distributed fashion instead, any impending trade war would pose the largest direct risk to states that are dependent on buying and selling goods on international markets.