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International Business Times
International Business Times
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In China's Factory Heartland, Warehouses Weather Trump Tariffs

Many of the tonnes of parcels handled by Guangzhou-based logistics firm Weijiang International are destined for the doorsteps of US customers (Credit: AFP)

Labourer Shuai Hang went a week without work earlier this year when sky-high US tariffs on Chinese goods overwhelmed the warehouse he works at and slowed the company's US-bound parcels to a trickle.

But on Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump announced a truce on those duties would be extended, the depot in southern China's manufacturing hub Guangzhou was alive with noise as workers stuffed trucks with packages of clothes and kitchenware.

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