Chinese merchants have flooded online marketplaces to sell US presidential election merchandise — despite both sides in a campaign marked by hostility towards China seeking to promote locally made products.
More than 90 per cent of the best-selling Donald Trump and Kamala Harris flags and hats on Amazon provide a seller’s address in China, according to a Financial Times analysis. Both candidates state on their official websites that they only sell US-made products.
Chinese manufacturers interviewed by the Financial Times said they were counting on direct online sales to supporters of the two candidates after orders from US retailers fell off amid tensions between Washington and Beijing.
Many Chinese merchants say on their Amazon pages that their Trump or Harris campaign flags are US-made to appeal to patriotic American buyers, although they go through US customs with “made in China” labels.
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