US-China Trade War is Rerouting US Import Flows: Report

US-China Trade War is Rerouting US Import Flows: Report
Workers load cars to be exported at a port in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu Province on May 31, 2018. /AFP/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—President Donald Trump’s trade war with China has U.S. companies shifting purchases of tariff-targeted products like furniture, refrigerators and car tires to countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan and Mexico, according to a new analysis released on April 10.

The United States and China have been embroiled in a tit-for-tat tariff battle since mid-2018. The Trump administration imposed tariffs of 10 to 25 percent on about $250 billion of Chinese goods.