As tariff threats ease, US in fashion again among Chinese exporters

With the US set to lower tariffs on US$30 billion worth of shipments from China, Chinese exporters said this week they expected a new wave of orders from American buyers and planned to reactivate idle factory capacity. Many among the 32,000-plus Chinese exhibitors and 210,000 preregistered foreign buyers at the twice-yearly Canton Fair, China’s oldest and biggest trade exhibition, shared that upbeat outlook this week – though it was tempered by stiffer headwinds from the European market. Chinese