From former US president Donald Trump's trade war with China to Washington's ongoing crackdown on China's technology sector, trade ties between the US and China have remained delicate in recent years. The US-China Business Council (USCBC), which represents major American companies doing business in China, said a study by Oxford Economics estimates a significant decoupling of the world's two largest economies could result in 732,000 fewer US jobs in 2022 and 320,000 fewer jobs by 2025, according to Reuters. But Tai, despite serving as the US trade chief, does not seem worried about the economic losses caused by toxic trade policies.