Trade war intensifies: vendors stop giving the “friend price”

The following is sponsored content from Comedy Club China's partners at China Liar: Beijing's least reliable news source. Americans living in China are reeling today after learning of China’s response to increased American tariffs. Just one day after the United States Congress approved a new 25% tax on 2 of China’s biggest imports, chicken feet and white English teachers, China fired another salvo in the trade war that will have lasting implications: Americans will no longer be offered the “friend price” when shopping at many of China’s prominent markets. “At first I thought the news couldn’t be true,” said self-proclaimed China expert Joel Simmons, also known by his Chinese name 好厉害. “I went to the Silk Market to buy a pair of ‘New Balance’ shoes and some nice Calvin Klein boxer briefs,” he told us, pointing at a pair of ‘New Baobei’ shoes an ………………………………