China's sportswear leader feels trade war heat as it goes global


Investors have so far cheered Anta’s acquisition of Amer, the maker of Salomon ski boots and Wilson tennis rackets.

HONG KONG: The bigger Anta Sports Products Ltd. becomes, the more vulnerable it feels. That’s the tight rope China’s largest athletic-apparel producer is walking as it expands beyond the Asian nation amid the trade war.

"In the past, Anta only focused on the China market and felt little impact, ” Lai Shixian, Anta’s chief financial officer, told Bloomberg in Hong Kong.

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