Yeah, I guess the author could be a pro globalist, trying to spread fear of trade war. ZH is definitely the bear/fear site.
I agree the U.S. has very little to lose and has already been losing in trade for decades.
Obviously by “investors” the author means stock market investors. As always, some investors will be winners and some losers. I’d see trade wars as inflationary so I hope us goldbugs would be winners.
One thing for sure, when the EU, Wall Street, Corporations and other globalists are critical of policy it’s probably a good thing for the US citizenry.