China’s ‘lingerie capital’ may face trouble if Trump holds true to US tariff promise

China’s “lingerie capital” Lianyungang, once a thriving farming community in Jiangsu province, has enjoyed a meteoric rise fuelled by a US tariff exemption known as the “de minimis” rule.

However, US president-elect Donald Trump has promised to end the exemption some lawmakers have labelled a “loophole”.

Factory owners in Lianyungang have expressed fear their businesses will suffer if he does, considering their main market is in North America.