国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Marathon hearings shed light on U.S. tariff harm, cherished ties with Chin_时事

国内英语资讯:Xinhua Headlines: Marathon hearings shed light on U.S. tariff harm, cherished ties with Chin

"Even one death of a child, due to unavailability of affordable life-saving baby products, is one too many," Trofe said.

CHINESE PARTNERS, CHERISHED FRIENDS

Steven Stokes, CEO of the Utah-based Propel Trampolines LLC, has a good relationship with a manufacturer in Qingdao, a city in eastern China. Its leader, "Mr. Lu" as Stokes calls him, is willing to "grow with us, support us, help us develop products, produce products."

"He's been a great partner to work with," Stokes told Xinhua. "It'd be very difficult to replace not only a partner but a friend like I have in Qingdao because those are long-term relationships."

Stories of success for a vast array of U.S. companies would have been pipe dreams had there been no Chinese participation. Considered reliable partners, they are also cherished as trustworthy friends.

China makes it viable to produce "appealing," "entertaining," and "exciting" children's books on a large scale, said Daniel Reynolds, CEO of Workman Publishing, a New York-based independent publisher.

"It's an investment, and ultimately a partnership, that has given Workman and other children's publishers the opportunity to create -- and bring to market at affordable prices -- innovative and high-quality products," Reynolds said.

In the current situation, solid partnerships between U.S. and Chinese companies have become more evident than ever.

Powercharge conducts research and development with a factory in Shenzhen, a tech hub in southern China. "Now typically it's more we're discovering what needs to be done, how can we improve those products, and then we work directly with the factory and say, okay, this is what we need to change in the software," Portaro told Xinhua.