Nikkei Asia reported that iRobot, the iconic robot vacuum cleaning maker, has cut ties with its Hong Kong manufacturing partner to diversify product assembly out of China. The move is a result of the U.S.-China trade war, which has made it more expensive for some U.S. companies to make products in China because of new tariffs implemented during the Trump administration. The report comes...
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