Low tide: Surfboard makers are moving their manufacturing to other parts of Asia amid new tariffs. — Reuters
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s decision to slap 10% tariffs on imported surfboards convinced surf executive Sue Bowers to move factory jobs out of China – but not back to the United States, which was one goal of Trump’s tariffs.
Strict environmental rules and steep labour costs have sent scores of Southern California surfboard manufacturers to China. Now, the tariffs have Bowers and other executives searching for factories in places such as Thailand and Vietnam.
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