People work in Wonderland nursery products company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Nursery products are excluded from US-China trade war tariffs, but many other Guangdong-based manufacturers are being forced to move to Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFEPeople work in Wonderland nursery products company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Nursery products are excluded from US-China trade war tariffs, but many other Guangdong-based manufacturers are being forced to move to Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFE
People work in Wonderland nursery products company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Nursery products are excluded from US-China trade war tariffs, but many other Guangdong-based manufacturers are being forced to move to Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFE
Economy /  China Economy

Chinese companies moving to Vietnam keep quiet on trade war to avoid wrath of authorities and staff

  • Many factory owners planning to relocate outside China fear response from Chinese governments, employees, suppliers and local communities
  • Chinese companies also ‘afraid Vietnamese society is opposed to Chinese manufacturers moving to their country’

Topic |   US-China trade war
He Huifeng
He Huifeng

Updated: 9:45pm, 16 May, 2019

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People work in Wonderland nursery products company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Nursery products are excluded from US-China trade war tariffs, but many other Guangdong-based manufacturers are being forced to move to Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFEPeople work in Wonderland nursery products company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Nursery products are excluded from US-China trade war tariffs, but many other Guangdong-based manufacturers are being forced to move to Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFE
People work in Wonderland nursery products company in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China. Nursery products are excluded from US-China trade war tariffs, but many other Guangdong-based manufacturers are being forced to move to Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFE
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