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Chinese beauty product exporters are sitting pretty despite US trade dispute

Global Published 23 September 2026, 12:22 · archived 23 Sep 2026

SINGAPORE/LIANYUNGANG: From pre-bleached straight hair wigs to wavy clipped extensions and blinged-out coffin-shaped nails, sales of Chinese-made beauty accessories ​are surging across the United States. While friction over soaring Chinese exports of high-profile items such as cars and batteries forms the backdrop ‌to this week’s presidential summit, the boom in the non-strategic beauty sector underlines China’s manufacturing prowess. “This market is growing,” said Joe Wu, an exporter in the central city of Xuchang, known as China’s wig capital, who expects his sales to grow 40% this year, dri...

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