{"id":252448,"date":"2025-07-10T03:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/252448\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T03:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T03:30:11","slug":"can-catlike-us-tariffs-chase-chinas-manufacturing-mouse-out-of-the-asean-maze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/252448\/","title":{"rendered":"Can catlike US tariffs chase China\u2019s manufacturing mouse out of the Asean maze?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chinese exporters like Huang Yongxing are desperate for some straight answers so they can start making and shipping goods from their factories in either China or Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">And the answers \u2013 or at least updates \u2013 that Huang does get, he shares on his social media account via weekly updates that have gained traction among owners of small and medium-sized businesses as disruptive and volatile tariff policies out of Washington continue to redraw the profitability lines for manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>They now face a prolonged dilemma over investments, as some of their overseas factories are staring down the barrel of US President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201creciprocal\u201d <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3317397\/why-trumps-14-nation-tariff-package-puts-china-edge-and-pressures-southeast-asia?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs of up to 40 per cent on 14 countries<\/a>, most of which are major destinations for Chinese exports.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Trump\u2019s move, announced on Monday, puts Southeast Asia \u2013 China\u2019s largest export market \u2013 in Washington\u2019s trade crosshairs while dealing a direct blow to Chinese exporters\u2019 transshipment strategies throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">American policy ambiguity on transshipment, with high tariffs threatened but lacking implementation details, creates huge uncertainties for outbound Chinese investors.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In response, many Chinese companies \u2013 both those that have already expanded overseas and those with plans to do so \u2013 have had little option but to play it safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese exporters like Huang Yongxing are desperate for some straight answers so they can start making and 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