Nintendo Says to Shift Part of Switch Console Production Out of China

Nintendo Says to Shift Part of Switch Console Production Out of China
A display for the gaming company Nintendo is shown during opening day of E3, the annual video games expo revealing the latest in gaming software and hardware in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on June 11, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
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TOKYO—Nintendo Co Ltd plans to shift part of the production of its Switch gaming console to Vietnam from China to diversify manufacturing sites, a spokeswoman at the Japanese video game maker told Reuters on July 9.

The move would make Nintendo the latest company to relocate production out of China amid a Sino-U.S. trade war punctuated by tit-for-tat import tariffs spanning industries.