Why industrial clusters will shrug off US tariff row
By David Blair | China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-17 08:07
Industrial clusters around China aren't going anywhere, regardless of what happens in the ongoing tariff disputes.
It might seem easy to move a factory, but many industries are so reliant on a complex local network of specialized suppliers, industry-specific workers, easy access to customers that it is hard to leave an area, even if costs rise.
There are hundreds of these specialized industrial clusters around China - largely made up of small private companies. Will US tariffs cause industries to leave China?
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