There are no winners in the dispute between China and the US.

This has been echoed time and again by officials from both countries. The US has been the first to slap restrictive tariffs on Chinese goods. The Chinese responded by slapping tariffs on goods coming from the US. In a tit-for-tat war that has escalated, the Chinese are warned that they may have more to lose if they continue on this path.

China's GDP, however, isn't all that the country's economy is about.

While it is suffering from the trade dispute, it isn't suffering that much, if the 6.7 percentage points in growth it posted years ago is to be believed. It was a good time for the country, free of the issues gripping it today like the seasonal lull in production as well as the problems brought about by the trade dispute currently plaguing it.

This Bloomberg Opinion piece stresses that the GDP only paints a general picture of a country's economy. To base China's economy on what its GDP looks like is unfair to all the contributing factors, but it could be used to get a grasp on how the country is currently doing and not the country as a whole.

The Chinese GDP is more of a measuring stick for the government and less an indicator of how the economy is doing. Today Online states it is set early in the year, when strategists and policy makers within China's government is creating a general outlook early in the year. As time goes by, different factors affect this, but other policies already in place to counter it are taking effect; therefore, overall, the GDP may go down, but China's economy remains strong, in technical terms.

China's economic growth has been mapped out by economists; Bloomberg reported that it would lose 0.2 of its economic drive if it continues down this destructive path. The next year? The Chinese GDP stands to lose 0.3 percentage points, about 0.1 higher than the middle of this year. China's still doing fine with its 6.6 percent GDP growth expected this year, but that's before the tariffs have taken effect.

The government has enacted measures on how to balance the economy and the factors weighing down on it by cracking down on real estate investments and borrowing. However, the true cure lies in Trump finally taking back the tariffs. Time and discussions will only tell whether the tariffs stay or they fade away.