Insight: In US Chinatowns, merchants ‘don’t want the trade war to be a war’

Last week, a pack of rice crackers at Sun Vin Grocery store on Mulberry Street in New York City’s Chinatown cost $4.99. But this week, after President Donald Trump’s tariffs on items imported from China took effect, the same crackers have a new price: $6.99. Sign up here. Chinatowns across the…