One woman in Philadelphia is trying to live the American dream as an innovator, manufacturer and CEO of her own company. Another woman in Hong Kong is running a company established by her father, exporting gaming hardware to the US. Both have found that their businesses may no longer be viable as a result of the trade war - either because of tariffs or from a slightly more oblique concept known as “non-tariff barriers”.

Listen in as Sherrill Mosee talks us through her decision to have her unique handbags manufactured in a country renowned for its ‘knock off’ industry. Also, to Anna Kam as takes us into the heart of the gaming hardware industry, the careful negotiations with major tech brands, and how lately she’s not just losing customers, she’s losing colleagues and the local community as more and more people become disillusioned and leave the industry.

Both Mosee and Kam are wrangling with intellectual property, one of the major battlefronts for the US in this trade war. However, in this episode, we explain how the US attitude towards IP differs from that of China and Japan, which also fought a protracted trade war with the US through the 1970s and 80s.

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