Apr 20, 2025, 09:17
The festive scene of families decorating their homes with Christmas lights, stockings, and tree toppers is a cherished tradition in America. Yet, few realize that nearly 90% of these holiday decorations come from Yiwu, a city in China’s Zhejiang province known as "Christmas Town." The heart of this trade is Yiwu’s massive wholesale market—the world’s largest—spanning nearly 1,000 acres. Here, buyers find endless holiday items, from musical Santas to artificial trees, alongside other popular U.S. goods like MAGA hats and camping gear.
However, the market now faces uncertainty due to steep U.S. tariffs imposed under President Trump, disrupting long-standing trade ties between the two economic giants and causing concern among Yiwu’s vendors.
The greatest man ever ruled the catholic church with over 1.45 billions followers died on Easter Monday.
A famous man, passed away walking our planet for 88 years.
I consider this man almost faultless, but one weakness can not be overlooked.
Refusing to call the cleansing in Palestine Genoside.
1.5 billions of Muslims waited for the declaration, but it never materialised.
Perhaps God will forgive him, we useless Earthlings will never know ...
I don't think the Christmas holiday in the US will be ruined. But its people's burden on daily basis consumption will surely pile up. To avoid the high tariff, some 3rd party countries will become freight stations for these goods from China to the US overnight. Though the final cost to the US people will be a bit higher than before, it will be much cheaper than the cost imported from China directly and charged with 145% tariff. This way mocked by Chinese netizens is called the trick of "Yangcheng lake crab".
There used to be a joke online that said, the trump tariff will agitate the disappearance of drug mules, but the resurrection of the smugglers of commodities.
A meme is, the order for Christmas trees from the Middle East soared up. One thing to be notable is the countries in the Middle East are not Christian countries.
If there's one nation that can't afford a tarfiff war, it's the Great Satan.
War criminal, The Donald, has postponed the tariffs, keeping only those on China and the 10% tariff. One article suggested that at about 15%, the tariffs would maximise the revenue, in accordance with the Laffer curve.
The tariffs risk a stagflation. The Great Satan can't afford a collapse in revenue from a stagnation and inflation would push up interest costs too.
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