Shenzhen-based toymaker Shenzhen Kate Plastic Products Co. makes educational toys for American children.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/BloombergChinese Toymaker Takes Drastic Action to Survive Trump’s Tariffs
A producer of toys for American children fights to remain central to the global supply chain despite efforts to cut China out.
Ah Biao, the founder of a toy factory in southern China that makes magnetic puzzles and sensory tubes for American children, is still in business despite brinkmanship by US President Donald Trump.
When Trump hiked tariffs on China from 54% to 145% in early April, Ah Biao — a moniker his colleagues and friends call him — rented a factory in northern Vietnam. He packed 90 sets of iron or steel molds into 60 boxes, some weighing over than 700 kilograms (1,540 pounds), which were shipped to the Southeast Asian country for production to evade levies.