“What these factory owners are making is a point that, even with the tariff, it is still going to be drastically cheaper than when you’re buying from the brand directly,” said Caiwei Chen, a China reporter for MIT Technology Review.

As the Biden administration proposes tripling duties, experts recall how previous tariffs mainly hit American consumers and industries.

We bought more imports from Mexico — and Chinese companies have been investing heavily there.

Chinese automaker BYD, which sells both hybrids and pure EVs, likely surpassed Tesla’s total vehicle sales last year.

The Treasury secretary and the trade representative disagree on the issue.

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Gretchen Blough, a customs broker at Logistics Plus in Erie, Pennsylvania, said that the ships, trucks, tariffs and supply shortages are peppering the shipping industry.

Keeping the trade levies in place is seen as a way the U.S. can maintain leverage with China on a range of issues.

Economist Dean Baker says the two should be sharing intellectual property in health care and climate technology, “not fighting over it.”

Chinese investment in the U.S. also fell because of the pandemic recession.