Existing American tariffs already restrict steel and aluminum shipments from China, which is now flooding other markets with its exports instead.

Traders in China's export manufacturing hub of Yiwu shrugged off U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and moves against China on Sunday, with some saying they made preparations to soften the blow. Yiwu city in eastern China's Zhejiang province is the world's largest wholesale hub for small manufactured items,

Since Trump’s first term, they have been adapting their approach to the United States, and they have spent the past three months further developing their strategy to anticipate, counter, and minimize the damage of Trump’s volatile policymaking.