Gary HufbauerandJeffreySchottof thePetersonInstitute, a think tank, thinktheywouldcreate just 9, 000 jobswhilepotentiallycostingfar morethroughretaliation.
"What it does immediately is unblock a whole series of trade negotiations and restores US negotiators to the forefront of talks, " said JeffreySchott, a senior fellow with the Institute for International Economics.