China can retaliate by going after American economic interests, but ultimately they'd be cutting off their nose to spite their face. China is not a friendly env

China can retaliate by going after American economic interests, but ultimately they'd be cutting off their nose to spite their face. China is not a friendly environment for non-domestic companies, and American companies are going to need to understand sooner or later that this is a dangerous market to pin hopes of growth. Google got out of China and now they're liberated from China's coercion tactics. Retatiation would inflict some short term pain on American companies, but ultimately they'd rebalance and it would be China that would suffer from their economic withdraw.