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As Chinese companies move to Vietnam, Mexico, anywhere but China, to avoid US restrictions, US companies are moving to China to avoid Chinese restrictions What a world...
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Kyle Chan
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Several US automakers are considering moving some auto parts manufacturing to China to get around Chinaโ€™s export controls on rare earth magnets, according to @WSJ. To state the obvious, this is exactly the opposite of what Trumpโ€™s tariffs were aiming to do. WSJ: Automakers Race
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I'm unsurprised. The trend seems to be around regionalization in general. Not just driven by the US but by demand by various countries to try and bring industry domestic.
Kevin, do you expect that American companies will produce a large part of their products in China to export to the rest of the world, and another part will produce in countries like Vietnam to export to the US?
I lived in China for seven years to startup and operate a company. I spent over $1,000,000 building out a factory, training. I needed to avoid IP theft and bad quality. Now others manufacture through us. DM me if you need help.
So, instead of providing a solution to the industrial hollowing-out of the US, the tariffs are doing exactly the opposite, further exacerbating this issue.