WEBVTT - China’s trade-war revenge

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<v Speaker 1>From The Australian. Here's what's on the front. I'm Christa

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<v Speaker 1>naming it. It's Thursday, April seventeen, twenty twenty five. Half

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<v Speaker 1>of the international students enrolled at the Queensland University of

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<v Speaker 1>Technology were phantoms. The Australian is revealing today the university's

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<v Speaker 1>annual report shows the students never turned up to class

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<v Speaker 1>and then dropped out. But it's keeping mum on where

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<v Speaker 1>they came from and where they went. That exclusive story

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<v Speaker 1>is live right now at the Australian dot com dot au.

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese exporters peddling their wares at the world's biggest trade

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<v Speaker 1>fair have found a unique way of getting around the

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<v Speaker 1>White House's astronomical tariffs. And it's not the only way

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<v Speaker 1>they're exacting their revenge on their biggest market. Today, our

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<v Speaker 1>North Asia correspondent Will Glasgow unpacks why the factory of

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<v Speaker 1>the world isn't worried about the trade war.

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<v Speaker 2>There's nothing a Chinese factory can't make. Let me tell you.

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<v Speaker 3>The Secret has many Chinese supplies, but they just.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop a minute.

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<v Speaker 4>Brooks Brother, a premium shirt bran from the States, actually

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<v Speaker 4>produce most of their products on China.

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<v Speaker 1>Does urble Lemon have OEO factories in China.

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<v Speaker 5>Of course, yes, but because it's only five to ten dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>For days, videos like these have flooded the TikTok feeds

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<v Speaker 1>of American consumers. Chinese manufacturers and suppliers stand in front

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<v Speaker 1>of vast workshops and stacked warehouses, and they claim to

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<v Speaker 1>produce luxury clothing and accessories for some of the world's

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<v Speaker 1>best known brands for a fraction of the cost.

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<v Speaker 5>Our strongest suit is that we were the real OEM

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<v Speaker 5>factory for those luxury brands.

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<v Speaker 2>We know how to make them real, we know how

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<v Speaker 2>to make them good.

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<v Speaker 1>And they say they're prepared to cut the American public

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<v Speaker 1>a deal. Buy direct from me, and I'll give you

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<v Speaker 1>a good price.

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<v Speaker 2>Ten dollars and ten dollars, oh, ten dollars.

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<v Speaker 5>This need a were hot, If you'll need less contact

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<v Speaker 5>with me. If you want to source both with good

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<v Speaker 5>quality and low prices, ontape me.

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<v Speaker 1>The Americans are eating it up.

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<v Speaker 3>They probably should have took this app away when they

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<v Speaker 3>had the chance, because the Chinese manufacturers just hit them

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<v Speaker 3>folks with the Uno reverse.

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<v Speaker 4>The Chinese manufacturers woke up and chose total violence today

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<v Speaker 4>and I've never supported anything more in my life.

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<v Speaker 2>What are the American companies going to do? Because they

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<v Speaker 2>can't do.

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<v Speaker 1>Anything, and some of the American TikTok creators have seized

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<v Speaker 1>the opportunity to boost their own profiles.

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<v Speaker 4>Guys, if you like real Birkenstocks and you want them

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<v Speaker 4>for super cheap, one tenth the price of normal, follow me.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna drop where I get them.

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<v Speaker 4>And it was already just about to make a whole

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<v Speaker 4>series talking about designer clothes and what they actually cost,

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<v Speaker 4>So this would be great to amplify that.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen, I don't know how this tariff thing is going

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<v Speaker 3>to play out, but the way that the Chinese manufacturers

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<v Speaker 3>are playing their hair absolutely well done, tends across the board.

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<v Speaker 1>The mockery of America by Chinese social and state media

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<v Speaker 1>is just the latest in the escalating trade war between

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<v Speaker 1>the United States and China. In a few moments, I

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<v Speaker 1>will sign a historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on

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<v Speaker 1>countries throughout the world.

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<v Speaker 6>Reciprocal that means they do it to us, and we

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<v Speaker 6>do it to them.

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<v Speaker 3>Beijing not backing down in the face of Washington's latest tariffs,

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<v Speaker 3>imposing an additional eighty four.

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<v Speaker 1>Percent levy on the US starting from tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 7>Donald Trump says he is open to talks with Chinese

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<v Speaker 7>President Shijing Ping after imposing an even higher tariff of

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<v Speaker 7>one hundred and twenty five percent on China.

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<v Speaker 3>Word China is now ratcheting up its tariffs on American

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<v Speaker 3>goods to one hundred and twenty five percent.

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<v Speaker 1>Just in the last few moments, the BBC has confirmed

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<v Speaker 1>that US tariffs against China add up to one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>and forty five percent. And it's the manufacturers who are

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<v Speaker 1>exacting revenge or trying to survive, depending on who you ask.

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<v Speaker 6>A great channel is just a euphemistic way of saying

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<v Speaker 6>an illegal channel, right, This is to get a good

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<v Speaker 6>made in China into America without paying the tariffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Will Glasgow is the Australian's North Asia correspondent. I caught

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<v Speaker 1>him on a break from the Canton Fair in Guangzhoo.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the largest trade fair of its kind on the

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<v Speaker 1>planet and a kind of barometer for China's performance in

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<v Speaker 1>the global marketplace.

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<v Speaker 6>An example of that that I was told by a

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<v Speaker 6>maker of massage machines America is the biggest market for

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<v Speaker 6>his factory.

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<v Speaker 2>Tied with South Korea, and so.

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<v Speaker 6>The workaround that he's got for his business going forward

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<v Speaker 6>is they're just looking for a partner in Vietnam. Now,

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<v Speaker 6>I thought that meant and asked him, you mean you're

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<v Speaker 6>going to set up a factory in Vietnam, and he said, no,

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<v Speaker 6>we're just going to get a partner and we'll send

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<v Speaker 6>them the stuff and then they'll put them in a

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<v Speaker 6>different box and right made in Vietnam and then send

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<v Speaker 6>it into America. So that's a very brazen grade channel.

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<v Speaker 6>I had heard that was going on. I've heard rumors

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<v Speaker 6>of that and seen reports of that. To have someone

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<v Speaker 6>tell me that so directly is pretty incredible. He said

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<v Speaker 6>that same arrangement is going on across the country with

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<v Speaker 6>a whole bunch of different Chinese factory makers as they

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<v Speaker 6>look for ways to work around Trump Administration's tariffs.

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<v Speaker 1>The Trump administration has said it'll crack down on countries

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<v Speaker 1>that facilitate this passage of Chinese products into the US

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<v Speaker 1>via these grade channels as you've described them. Has it

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<v Speaker 1>said how it plans to do that.

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<v Speaker 6>The President at times has just complained about that rather

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<v Speaker 6>than explaining how he would go about stopping it. And

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<v Speaker 6>the most detail, and it's not much detail at all,

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<v Speaker 6>was from his trade advisor Piternovaro, who said, in essence,

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<v Speaker 6>if you do that, countries like Vietnam, we will punishue

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<v Speaker 6>with high tariffs. It's possible after the ninety days have

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<v Speaker 6>passed that in an effort to close this channel down,

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<v Speaker 6>Vietnam gets higher tariffs.

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<v Speaker 2>That could happen.

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<v Speaker 6>That would mean the channel wouldn't exist anymore. Right, they

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<v Speaker 6>could just collect the tariff from Vietnam. There wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 6>any incentive for the Chinese company to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the model's not.

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<v Speaker 6>Actually moving a factory, it's just finding someone to receive

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<v Speaker 6>the good and then change the label and send it on. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 6>you could imagine the American administration just ending up in

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<v Speaker 6>a whack a mole exercise. So it does show the

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<v Speaker 6>real complexity for the Americans in enforcing this, and of

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<v Speaker 6>course it's hard to see how this could function with

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<v Speaker 6>that a huge increase in the amount of staff that

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<v Speaker 6>the American customs have to try to determine their origin

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<v Speaker 6>because they'll be applying different tariffs based on the country

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<v Speaker 6>of manufacture.

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<v Speaker 1>Officially, around fifteen percent of China's exports go to the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, but it also sends partially finished goods to

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<v Speaker 1>regions like Southeast Asia and Mexico who add the bells

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<v Speaker 1>and whistles and then sell those products into the US market.

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<v Speaker 1>Top officials say they're not concerned if that evaporates, because

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<v Speaker 1>they'll just diversify their foreign trade. But Will says there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more at stake than Beijing is letting on.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh.

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<v Speaker 6>Look, privately it's definitely worried, but publicly it's presenting a confident,

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<v Speaker 6>unruffled demeanor.

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<v Speaker 2>Now the trade data shows that's lunatic. Right.

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<v Speaker 6>America is the biggest trade destination for Chinese goods. So yes,

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<v Speaker 6>they're getting on doing business with everybody and trying to grow.

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<v Speaker 2>Those are the markets.

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<v Speaker 6>But they can't just grow so much that one fifth

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<v Speaker 6>or thereabouts.

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<v Speaker 2>From America wouldn't hurt, right.

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<v Speaker 6>But by speaking to the factory owners themselves, this stuff matters,

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<v Speaker 6>and you wouldn't be taking that risk unless the market

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<v Speaker 6>really mattered and there was big profit to be made,

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<v Speaker 6>you know.

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<v Speaker 1>And the thing is, it's Chinese workers who'll bear the

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<v Speaker 1>brunt if it all goes south.

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<v Speaker 6>The research for analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate between ten

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<v Speaker 6>to twenty million workers in China are vulnerable to or

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<v Speaker 6>whose jobs are very much determined by Chinese trade into America.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's a huge number.

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<v Speaker 6>Now, of course, China is an enormous country, but it's

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<v Speaker 6>not nothing, and unemployment here has already been ticking up because.

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<v Speaker 2>Of broader economics slowdown and.

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<v Speaker 6>Other problems in the property sector that.

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<v Speaker 2>Have gone on for years.

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<v Speaker 6>So job losses increase because of trade troubles with China's

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<v Speaker 6>biggest partner won't help again. China wants to project confidence

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<v Speaker 6>because it doesn't want to be forced into negotiating with America,

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<v Speaker 6>and it doesn't want Trump thinking that it's vulnerable and weak,

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<v Speaker 6>so it needs to make a deal. So it's trying

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<v Speaker 6>to show the opposite. And right now you see quite

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<v Speaker 6>a gap between the confidence of the Chinese government and

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<v Speaker 6>the real world lives of the business people that's speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>About coming up while Chinese vendors are confident Trump's tariffs

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<v Speaker 1>won't stick. On Monday, President Hi Jimping touchdown in Vietnam,

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<v Speaker 1>the later stop on his tour of Southeast Asia. It's

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<v Speaker 1>part of Beijing's efforts to promote China as a defender

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<v Speaker 1>of international trade. The Chinese capital government officials are drawing

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<v Speaker 1>up plans to hit America where it hurts. Here's will Glasgow.

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<v Speaker 6>This is one they've identified as a real superpower that

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<v Speaker 6>Chinese have. They dominate the production of heavy rare earth minerals.

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<v Speaker 6>These businesses are very environmentally damaging. The margins allows the

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<v Speaker 6>often you have to put a lot of investment to

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<v Speaker 6>make not very much, so that's been the reason only

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<v Speaker 6>China's had it and no one else has. But there's

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<v Speaker 6>huge strategic advantage will benefit to them because without them,

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<v Speaker 6>a whole bunch of industries can't work. So some of

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<v Speaker 6>what Beijing's rolled out is a regime that allows it

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<v Speaker 6>to restrict. It hasn't yet announced or implemented a restriction

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<v Speaker 6>on these things to America, but it's giving itself a

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<v Speaker 6>regime to allow that. So it can really hurt the

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<v Speaker 6>American economy if it pressed goal on that. And these

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<v Speaker 6>are inputs that America's car industry literally couldn't operate without.

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<v Speaker 6>Its evs couldn't function without. Even its fighter jets could

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<v Speaker 6>be built and operated. So you can imagine just a

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<v Speaker 6>huge economic knock on effect if Beijing press go on that.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a.

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<v Speaker 6>Real clear example of China trying to give itself leverage

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<v Speaker 6>in this ongoing trade tussle with America.

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<v Speaker 1>But getting the Trump administration back to the negotiating table

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<v Speaker 1>might be more difficult than the Chinese Communist Party anticipated.

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<v Speaker 1>On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Caroline leave It read

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<v Speaker 1>verbatim this statement from the President.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, the President has made his position on China quite clear,

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<v Speaker 5>although I do have an additional statement that he just

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<v Speaker 5>shared with me in the Oval Office. The ball is

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<v Speaker 5>in China's court. China needs to make a deal with us.

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<v Speaker 5>We don't have to make a deal with them. There's

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<v Speaker 5>no difference between China and any other country, except they

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<v Speaker 5>are much larger. And China wants what we have. What

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<v Speaker 5>every country wants what we have the American consumer, or

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<v Speaker 5>to put in another way, they need our money.

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<v Speaker 1>Still, the Chinese manufacturers spooking their wares at the Canton

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<v Speaker 1>Fair this week are feeling confident their government's brand of

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<v Speaker 1>hardball could just.

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<v Speaker 6>Work for these manufacturers. They've been in this business for decades,

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<v Speaker 6>and the supply chain down here in Guangdong and the

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<v Speaker 6>south of China, and this is called the factory of

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<v Speaker 6>the world, it's just extraordinary that they're set up down here.

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<v Speaker 6>It's such a sophisticated, huge operation, but all run on

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<v Speaker 6>tiny margins. The only way it works is by a

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<v Speaker 6>huge volume that they turn out. But in essence, it's

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<v Speaker 6>a business model that makes absolutely no sense in America.

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<v Speaker 2>This is what the manufacturers are all very aware of.

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<v Speaker 6>And then from that comes a confidence that he's going

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<v Speaker 6>to have to walk it back. That's very much been

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<v Speaker 6>emboldened by the carve out he's given.

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<v Speaker 2>Smartphones and laptops.

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<v Speaker 6>While I don't see see a lot of this business

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<v Speaker 6>coming back to America, in fact, I see almost none

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<v Speaker 6>of it.

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<v Speaker 2>The margins make no sense.

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<v Speaker 6>If the president did keep a regime where tariffs and

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<v Speaker 6>China were very high, but on say Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico,

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<v Speaker 6>other countries with lower labor costs, they were lower or

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<v Speaker 6>stayed where they are right now. And if in addition

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<v Speaker 6>to this, he got the tools, however, he would do

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<v Speaker 6>this to stop to crack down on those grade channels.

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<v Speaker 6>If he could crack down on that, then if he

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<v Speaker 6>can stick to it. With the passage of years, as

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<v Speaker 6>people look to replace factories, it seems inevitable that things

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<v Speaker 6>would move from China into other parts. But right now,

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<v Speaker 6>the great comfort the people in the guangzul trades world

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<v Speaker 6>see is that predictability and long term thinking is not

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<v Speaker 6>what they're seeing coming out of Trump's White House, and

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<v Speaker 6>they just don't see a smart, long term plan to

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<v Speaker 6>replace them. For now, he hasn't convinced that he's serious

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<v Speaker 6>enough about doing it, But ultimately that's his decision and

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<v Speaker 6>it's going to depend a lot on how American consumers behave.

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<v Speaker 1>Will Glasgow is The Australian's North Asia correspondent. You can

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<v Speaker 1>read all his reporting and analysis of China's trade moves

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<v Speaker 1>right now at the Australian dot com dot au