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US Targets Attempts To Dodge Trump Tariffs With China In Crosshairs

US President Donald Trump's tariff negotiations seek to circumvent 'transshipping' potentially by Chinese firms (Credit: AFP)

As President Donald Trump ramps up tariff threats on US trading partners, his administration is taking aim at a tactic said to be used by Chinese companies to dodge the levies by moving goods through third countries.

The issue is "transshipping," or having products pass through a country to avoid harsher trade barriers elsewhere, a practice Washington has accused Chinese companies of.

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