Why China’s robot makers are unfazed by US tariffs: ‘We’re the only supplier’


Many firms say they feel little pressure to lower prices, as there are few viable alternatives to their products. — SCMP

At China’s largest trade expo, a group of buyers crowds around an automated cafe, watching eagerly as a pair of robotic arms fixes a latte.

The robotic cafe has already racked up orders worth 8mil yuan (RM4.82mil or US$1.1mil) over the first two days of the Canton Fair in Guangzhou – more than its makers had dared to expect.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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