Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou
Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.
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South-East Asian producers are being hammered by Chinese imports
As the West throws up barriers to Chinese goods, they are flowing to emerging markets instead. In the past three years, the ...
What is the ‘de minimis’ exemption and why is it so important for e-commerce?
Cancelling the exemption has plunged the industry into chaos, sowing panic and confusion among retailers, shippers and logistics providers A long-standing free trade rule that exempts duties and ...
‘What’s high tech about clothing?’ Life on the margins of China’s economic reboot
The poor urban neighbourhoods that powered a manufacturing boom are once again on the front lines of Beijing’s plans ...