Badger Hair and iPhones: Where US-China Decoupling Is Hardest

Smartphones - largely consisting of Apple’s iPhones - were the single largest US import from China, last year.

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China will be a hard habit to kick even for a US president seemingly bent on obliterating all of its imports.

After decades of trade integration, Chinese companies have become increasingly essential suppliers of goods and materials that range from niche to ones many Americans can barely do without.