Chinese retailers to suffer under Trump’s trade policies

The end of the de minimis tariff exemption for US imports of low-value goods from China will be a major blow to Chinese e-commerce giants like Temu and Shein. They’re likely to lose market share to foreign competitors like Amazon. But unless tariffs escalate significantly, the drag on China’s GDP will be small.

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