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From slow-cookers to towel warmers, China-made goods for US market now stuck in warehouses
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GUANGZHOU – At the factory in eastern China where Mr Sean Gu’s company makes slow cookers, just one production line is running.
It is a far cry from the average of five lines – or more than 10 on a good day – that it had been operating before the US hiked tariffs on Chinese imports by 145 per cent in 2025.
