There's a vast empty space in the middle of the factory floor in Foshan in southern China where workers should be welding high-end air fryers for the US market.Derek Wang says his American customers were wowed by his air fryer models - which are controlled via smartphones and can also bake, roast and grill. But then on 2 April, Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs hit all Chinese goods entering the US, eventually reaching 145% - and his clients asked him to pause production.
"I tried to keep smiling through my anxiety for the sake of my 40 workers," he told the BBC.
On Wednesday, as a deal to ease the trade war came into effect, Mr Wang said his US buyers were back on the phone.Both countries still face some tariffs. There is at least a 30% tax on all Chinese goods entering the US and Beijing has kept a 10% levy on American goods coming into the country, down from 125%.
