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by liftbigweights 2765 days ago
Trade war has nothing to do with it. It's rising wages in china.

For more than a decade, manufacturers ( even chinese companies ) have been shifting production to vietnam.

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/business/worldbusiness/18...

Labor costs a much cheaper in vietnam.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/744071/manufacturing-lab...