US states that would get hit the hardest by a trade war

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• A potential trade war is heating up between the US and China. 
• Six states rely on trade for more than 30% of their GDP.
• Trade accounts for about 5% of GDP even in states at the bottom of the list. 

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.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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