Big Take Asia Podcast

An American Toymaker Struggles to Break Up With China

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, how Trump’s tariff war is forcing one US toy company to rebuild supply chains from the ground up in Vietnam

Workers assemble the Campfire Chatmallows Set for Learning Resources on the production line at the Dong Phuong Co. Ltd. factory in Ha Nam province, Vietnam.

Photographer: Maika Elan/Bloomberg

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The US-China tariff war has upended global manufacturing, forcing companies like Chicago-based Learning Resources to fundamentally change how and where its products are made.