Asian firms shuffle production around the region as China tariffs hit

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Reuters
Ju-min Park, Makiko Yamazaki Sept 23, 2018

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-production-focus/asian-firms-shuffle-production-around-the-region-as-china-tariffs-hit-idUSKCN1M305B

SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) - A growing number of Asian manufacturers of products ranging from memory chips to machines tools are moving to shift production from China to other factories in the region in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports.

Companies including SK Hynix of South Korea and Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba Machine Co. and Komatsu of Japan began plotting production moves since July, when the first tariffs hit, and the shifts are now under way, company representatives and others with knowledge of the plans told Reuters. Others, such as Taiwanese computer-maker Compal Electronics and South Korea’s LG Electronics, are making contingency plans in case the trade war continues or deepens.

The company representatives and other sources spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.


Winning. 

[Absalom]

Let them shuffle off to Bombay, as China is in deep doo-doo.
Write it down.