Are all luxury handbags really made in China?
TikTok and the US-China trade war collide.
Over the past few weeks social media has been flooded with TikTok videos of people claiming that expensive European designer goods are actually made in China, and that you can buy the same luxury handbags and clothes for a fraction of the usual price. Many of these videos have since been taken down, but it鈥檚 led many to wonder if any of these claims are true. Are consumers being ripped off? And does President Donald Trump鈥檚 increased tariffs on Chinese imports have anything to do with these videos?
We speak to Jake Horton, a reporter at 成人快手 Verify, who鈥檚 been analysing these viral Chinese supplier videos. He鈥檚 reached out to both designers and copyright law experts.
Plus: we hear from Blythe Milligan, a supply chain expert and the host of the Everything is Logistics podcast, about why some products are manufactured in Asia. She also explains how supply chains work.
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