Fireworks buffs may get less bang for their buck this Fourth of July due to the United States' ongoing tariff war with China, a study said.

The US is arguably never more dependent on China than on July 4, when the nation celebrates its rebellion against British rule with fireworks that are inevitably imported from China.

With nearly all of the aerial shells, paper rockets and sparkly fountains that fuel America’s Fourth of July celebrations being imported from China, volunteer groups like Johnson’s and cities big and small have been closely watching the negotiations.