The talk is mostly about trade ....At Yiwu wholesale market in the east of China, More and more, one word crops up.

(SOUNDBITE)(Mandarin) HOME TEXTILES WHOLESALER IN YIWU INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARKET, HUANG QIONGYING, SAYING： "Tension between China and the United States has affected me a lot.

Now we don't have any orders from the United States." The business done here is mostly for export.

Even to followers of the man many see as responsible for their current woes.

US tariffs on 200 billion dollars of Chinese goods more than doubled on Friday ... a further 325 billion dollars of goods are at threat.

The world's largest such wholesale market has taken a bad hit.

From a trade dispute that - for this toy seller, and many like her - has turned into a dangerous game.

(SOUNDBITE)(Mandarin) TOY WHOLESALER IN YIWU INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARKET, YU FANGFANG, SAYING: "We have lost about half of our orders.

It's difficult to do business and difficult to get money back." (SOUNDBITE)(Mandarin) POTTERY WHOLESALER IN YIWU INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARKET, SHEN YUQING, SAYING: "If the trade talk blow up, it will affect the whole world, not just our Yiwu market or China.

It affects everywhere." Others look on the bright side.

Domestic demand may fill some of the void - according to make-up brush seller Chen Nong.

And in Washington, the two sides are still trying to reach a trade deal.

If they fail, some here wonder just how long it can be 'business as usual'.