Global Times: 'First strengthen yourself, then compete': firms in China's Yiwu focus on boosting competitiveness amid US tariffs

Global Times: 'First strengthen yourself, then compete': firms in China's Yiwu focus on boosting competitiveness amid US tariffs

BEIJING, April 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Inside a shop at the Yiwu International Trade City in East China's Zhejiang Province, visitors are greeted by a colorful array of household items such as water bottles and storage boxes in various sizes.…

"Chinese companies are currently at a disadvantage in the American market, and since they sell mainly to the residential sector, this could help us. We see an opportunity in tariffs," says Michal Kratochvíl, head of the Czech company 2N Telekomunikace.

Global Times: 'First strengthen yourself, then compete': firms in China's Yiwu focus on boosting competitiveness amid US tariffs - PressReach

BEIJING, April 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Inside a shop at the Yiwu International Trade City in East China’s Zhejiang Province, visitors are greeted by a colorful array of household items such as water bottles and storage boxes in various sizes. At the counter, the shop owner is busy tapping away on a calculator, negotiating prices with a customer from India. This is not an ordinary store that sells only to consumers who walk into the shop, but one…

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