https://www.scmp.com/rss/327864/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tariffs cannot and should not be used to influence China’s trade practices. Most people think tariffs are punishments on China, but the fact is it’s the importers in America, the people who bring goods in, who are punished by the tariffs. Indeed, tariffs will hurt Chinese companies, because they’ll get fewer orders from the US. But they also force American companies to change their business models or to source elsewhere. Many companies have told us that they do not have alternatives to certain... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/sage-chandler-tariffs-will-hurt-us-and-china-alike/article/2154059?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/sage-chandler-tariffs-will-hurt-us-and-china-alike/article/2154059?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Jul 2018 07:30:00 +0000