While there is growing anecdotal evidence of some Japanese firms shifting production of US-bound goods from China to Southeast Asia, the large size of China’s domestic market means that China will remain an important production base. What's more, production in China and Southeast Asia is equally profitable so any reallocation of manufacturing subsidiaries is unlikely to dent corporate earnings.
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