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Urged by Trump to Decouple, U.S. Companies Want More China Faster

Faster transpacific ships create a pricey new market as supply chains adapt

A container ship at the Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen.

A container ship at the Yantian International Container Terminals in Shenzhen.

Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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Just as the U.S. president urges American companies to ditch China, many of them can’t get more of China fast enough.