Americans Are Driven to "Tricks" by Tariffs!

Recently, many U.S. media outlets have noticed that after the Trump administration ignored international trade rules and arbitrarily imposed huge tariffs on Chinese products, many American consumers, in order to offset the pressure of the tariffs, have started bypassing American retail channels and are considering purchasing products directly from Chinese factories. At the same time, some Chinese factories and cross-border e-commerce practitioners have also seen this opportunity, leading to a "mutual pursuit" between American consumers and Chinese suppliers. A report by Bloomberg noted that on popular short video social platforms in the U.S., many American consumers have recently come across accounts set up by some Chinese manufacturers, urging them to purchase consumer goods directly from the factory. The videos not only indicate that they can sell these products, such as clothing, at prices far lower than the retail price of American brands, but some accounts also showcase their factory conditions and provide web links for American consumers to choose from and place orders. [BEGIN_OF_IMAGE]  [END_OF_IMAGE] Bloomberg pointed out that these videos actually appeared as early as March this year. However, after the Trump administration continued to wield the tariff stick against China, causing serious disruption to the supply chains of many American consumer goods, the platform's algorithms keenly captured the concerns of American consumers, thus giving these promotional contents about direct sales from Chinese factories a large amount of attention. Bloomberg believes that this reflects both widespread dissatisfaction among the people of the United States and China with the actions of the White House, and also indicates that China now has more effective channels to directly reach ordinary Americans. The American media also mentioned that Xiaohongshu is gradually gaining popularity among young people in the United States. In addition to Bloomberg, a recent report by the American "Business Insider" website also mentioned similar situations. The report focused on a cross-border e-commerce app that offers products directly from Chinese manufacturers to American consumers at wholesale prices, and there are also many discounts available on the app. The report stated that in recent days, the app's download volume has quickly climbed to second place in the free app rankings in the U.S. app store. [BEGIN_OF_IMAGE]  [END_OF_IMAGE] Given that this cross-border e-commerce app has been online for many years, and the company behind it was established in 2004, "Business Insider" believes that the popularity of this Chinese app in the U.S. is due to the increasing tariffs imposed by the U.S. on China. Finally, an expert in the commercial field interviewed by Bloomberg believes that this phenomenon indicates a fundamental change in trade between the U.S. and China, as American consumers may no longer need so many intermediaries and trading companies to select products for them, since the source of goods is now directly accessible. A person engaged in cross-border trade also told Straight Talk that if American consumers can directly access reliable Chinese manufacturers and their sources of goods, then under such excessive tariffs, Americans would indeed be more willing to buy directly from the manufacturer instead of paying several times the factory price for retail prices. Original article: [https://www.toutiao.com/article/7494082107778843171/](https://www.toutiao.com/article/7494082107778843171/) Disclaimer: This article represents the views of the author alone. Please express your attitude by clicking the "Like/Dislike" buttons below.