I have 7-10 on staff on various projects...split between India, US, Russia, China...and we have another company using a financial analyst in India building financial models for a new business...and a tourism specialist in Italy doing research...architectural design assistant in Serbia...voice over actress in California...We use UpWork...used to be ODesk.

Put bluntly, the administration impaired free market trade from US soybean farmers, primarily, as exports to China dropped by 95%+ in 2018.

Then realize being an agent is not what they thought it was.If you dont have the patience or endurance to build the great wall of china brick by brick don't bother spending the money to get licensed.

Earthquake insurance for a SF Bay Area native: keep the family China at the fam fam's house, and have an "uh oh" kit ready.

I see quite a few propellants fueling it: oil dollar position is being challenged, a few countries ( Russia, China, Iran ) have started to settling trade in local currency.

A seller last week was living in China with his new wife. 

While having a trade war may not kill the US or China immediately other economies and stock markets might serve as the first domino.

Now, all are rising with no stop in sight.New players China and India are inadvertently going to add serious BIGGER problems.

For a country that was supposed to separate church & state, we give a lot of perks to churches/synagogues/temples, etc.Borrow China's policy on corrupt politicians (i.e., shoot them).Get rid of public unions.

I bought 4 containers of granite from the manufacturer in China, which happened to be H.D. supplier.