China has identified how to fight back against Trump’s tariffs, and is not ready to back down

By Chee Meng Tan, Assistant Professor of Business Economics, University of Nottingham

US ports are now starting to see scheduled shipments from China decline as the result of Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs on Chinese goods. The port of Los Angeles, the biggest port for Chinese goods in the US, is predicting scheduled shipments in early May to be about a third lower than the same time last year.

Declining numbers of ships arriving stocked with Chinese imports are likely to affect US supermarket…

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