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01 May, 2025
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Trump's Tariffs: A defiant China looks beyond American buyers
@Source: bbc.com
"We don't care about that 20-30%," Mr Hu says. "We now sell mostly to South America and the Middle East. We are not lacking money, we are rich." When we ask about Trump, his colleague Chen Lang jumps in, rolling his eyes: "He's cracking international jokes like no other. One day, one joke. Adding tariffs for him is like cracking a joke." Nearby, one of the thousands of buyers that flock to this market every day is negotiating a price to buy more than 100 robots that turn into cars in a series of beeps and buzzes. After tapping various numbers into a calculator, the final price is written in chalk on the floor. The buyer, we are told, is from Dubai. The BBC met many others from across Africa and South America. Lin Xiupeng says he has noticed the shift away from American buyers in his last 10 years in the toy business. "A few days ago, the shop next to us had an order from a US client. It's worth more than one million yuan. But because of tariffs, the shop owner decided to cancel it," he says, offering us cups of tea. "They must need China," he says, adding that the country supplies most of America's toys. "I think there are a lot of businesses in the US protesting these days."
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