Summary

  • Responding to the US threat of a 245% tariff on Chinese imports, Chinese games manufacturer Anbernic has suspended shipments indefinitely.
  • The company has long offered customers the choice of buying its products from Chinese or US warehouses; it has now stopped shipments from China but the US option remains.
  • Anbernic cites the lack of clarity about how these tariffs will be collected as the reason for halting the Chinese shipments.
  • Its low-priced games units, which emulate Nintendo consoles, are likely to become much more expensive if the tariff threat becomes reality.
  • It is still possible to buy Anbernic products in the US from third-party Amazon sellers.
  • This is one of the first examples of a specific company taking action in response to the threatened trade war between the US and China.

By Sean Hollister

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