A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current economic climate, it would be a disaster.即使在情况最好的时候贸易战都是有害无利的，而在当前这种经济形势下只会是一场灾难。Things may be bad at the moment, but keep your pecker up. Everything will be all right.现在可能情况不太好，但你要打起精神，一切都会好的。