AP PHOTOS: Chinese factories seek to expand their business outside the US

Chinese exporters seek new markets to offset US tariff impact

Key to this are trade fairs, where many can showcase their products and create sales channels to offset tariff impacts, with the end goal of finding other opportunities beyond traditional markets like the US.

AP PHOTOS: Chinese factories seek to expand their business outside the US following Trump Tariffs

DONGGUAN, China (AP) — Massive aluminum sheets hang in Danny Lau’s factory as workers bustled about painting them with oil coating in China's southern industrial city of Dongguan.

Chinese factories already claim to feel the first effects of the draconian customs surcharges imposed by Donald Trump against the "made in China". Their orders fall and they may be forced to turn away from the American market.

Zhongshan - Many Chinese manufacturers have acknowledged that the intensification of the trade war will disrupt their operations. But they hope that it will encourage them to find new customers outside the United States