Tariff relief deal spurs shipping rush

Wiggle room: Crane operators and truckers moving containers at a port in Shanghai. Customers are seeking to ramp up shipments during the 90-day reprieve following the US-China tariff deal announcement. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: It may only be a 90-day reprieve from the steepest of Trump’s China tariffs, but it’s enough time to entice companies to restart factory operations and start shipping. 

Therabody, a Los Angeles-based maker of wellness products such as Theragun massagers, restarted manufacturing and is ramping up production again in China, chief executive officer (CEO) Monty Sharma said.