Tim Culpan, Columnist

Tariffs Are a Smokescreen for Shrinking China Footprint

Technology companies aren’t keen to put all their eggs in the mainland basket. The trade war is a convenient excuse to get out.

May 7, 2019 at 5:11 AM UTC

Tim Culpan is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology in Asia. Previously, he was a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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Nobody likes tariffs.

Unless perhaps you’re an executive looking for an excuse to do exactly what you’ve been wanting to do for years.