Having tided over US tariffs, Chinese factories brace for Trump's next hit

Trump imposed 10 per cent tariffs on a further $200 billion of Chinese products last month, including on furniture, and said those could rise to 25 per cent from January

In China’s manufacturing heartland around the Pearl River Delta, Donald Trump’s 10 per cent tariffs are causing little concern. The 25 per cent duties that loom next year are another matter.

Ben Yang, a furniture maker producing contemporary designs out of his facility in Dongguan -- about 30 miles from Hong Kong -- says that if those higher charges materialize from January as planned, the US share of exports from his Sunrise Furniture Co. could plunge from 90 per cent to less than a third.

“Our major rival is Vietnam and 10 per cent tariffs aren’t enough to make the difference,” said