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On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a measure giving the Commerce Department power to penalize China and other state-dominated economies with higher import duties if they subsidize exports. The Senate approved the…

The March newsletter is up. You can read it here. The main topic for this month’s newsletter is… The New China Blog. One thing to note is that the exchange rate actually…

Much of China’s manufacturing is located on the east coast of the country. As there isn’t enough labor based on the east coast, these factories rely on “migrant workers,” persons whose homes…

This week, I received a call from a customer who had tried to find a source on a large, well known, Chinese E-commerce website. This site has thousands if not tens of thousands of…

Foxconn Technology, a Taiwan owned company with nearly 1 million workers in China, makes product for Apple, HP, Dell, Nokia and Motorola. According to Reuters, Foxconn just raised the pay to their workers from…

The minimum order value we work with is $10,000.00. Occassionally, we are asked if we can source product at a lower quantity. Most Chinese factories aren’t geared up for short production runs;…

The Associated Press is reporting that a firm in China, named Proview, who won a court ruling there that they own the Ipad name, is now asking the Chinese government to ban…

In 1986, when I first started travelling to China, I met a man named Huang He (pronounced Huang Her) in Qingdao. Huang He’s name is translated “Yellow River,” named after one of…

The February newsletter is up here: https://www.mgtrading.com/Newsletter-February-2012-China-Business.htm The main article is “It’s All About the Relationship.” Here’s an excerpt: A few weeks ago, while everything was shut down in China for the…

I’ve been transferring my files to a new computer which is why I didn’t make any posts last week. That’s something I don’t want to have to do again. I am thoroughly…