Go beyond mere freight（1）：Client Won the Bid, but Tariff Skyrocketed by Over 30 Times!

In the complex pattern of international trade, the Sino - US trade friction has brought about many variables. The United States has imposed anti - dumping tariffs as high as 395% on aluminum profile products, aluminum products and glass products from China.

We have a client, a glass curtain wall supplier in the United States, to be exact, a design firm. They successfully won the bid for a project in Las Vegas, which includes the design, installation and manufacturing of glass curtain walls. At the time of bidding, there was no Sino - US trade friction yet, and the normal tariff was only a dozen or so percentage points, so the project was expected to be profitable. However, after winning the bid, the trade friction suddenly emerged. According to the original plan, if the products are purchased from China, processed and then shipped to the United States, a 395% tariff will be imposed.

For enterprises, the political factors in trade frictions are uncontrollable, but the owner only cares about whether the project can be completed as promised in the bid. If not, the enterprise will face huge compensation, which may amount to 5 million, 10 million or even 20 million US dollars. This has plunged our client into a serious loss - making situation, which is undoubtedly a typical case of failure due to Sino - US trade friction.