Exporters remain competitive

Trade experts say Chinese firms have no need to engage in 'origin washing'

Chinese companies, especially mechanical and electrical product manufacturers, remain highly competitive in global markets and have no need to engage in "origin washing" to maintain exports to the United States, according to trade experts and exporters.

Despite escalating trade restrictions and tariffs imposed by the US, along with biased coverage by certain foreign media outlets, they noted that altering the origin of goods to circumvent trade rules poses significant legal and compliance risks. Such practices offer no economic benefit.

"Washing the country of origin" refers to the practice of some companies altering the declared origin of goods to evade tariffs, quotas, bans or other trade restrictions imposed by a target country on products from a specific source.