President Trump has said China has reached out to negotiate a deal. Another official said the administration has already been working on supply chain issues for some time in anticipation of the imposition of the tariffs.

Your Christmas decorations probably come from this one Chinese city. But anxiety is high, with vendors on the front lines of the US-China trade war.

No exceptions.” Kelly’s eagerness to diversify her supply chains is one way attendees at China’s largest and oldest trade show — known as the Canton Fair — are adapting to a new reality for global commerce after US President Donald Trump raised levies on most Chinese goods to as much as 145 per cent this month.