World's top bicycle maker says the era of 'Made in China' is over

Giant is part of a growing number of global firms that are pivoting production out of China in reaction to the increasingly hostile trade relations

Giant Manufacturing Co. saw the writing on the wall early on. The world’s biggest bicycle maker started moving production of U.S.-bound orders out of its China facilities to its home base in Taiwan as soon as it heard Donald Trump threaten tariff action in September.
 
“When Trump announced the plan of 25% tariffs, we took it seriously,” Chairwoman Bonnie Tu said in an interview at Giant’s Taichung City headquarters in Taiwan. “We started moving before he shut his mouth.”
 
Giant is part of a growing number of global firms that are pivoting production out of China in reaction