Lenovo eyes adding production outside China to skirt trade row

Chinese PC maker is confident it will not become the next Huawei

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The U.S.-China trade war and the specter of higher tariffs have pushed PC makers to increase shipments of desktops and laptops.

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- Lenovo Group, the world's biggest personal computer maker, is considering increasing capacity at its factories outside China to lessen the impact of further U.S. tariff hikes, according to executives of the Chinese company.

In an interview with the Nikkei Asian Review on Thursday, Yang Yuanqing, CEO of the Beijing-based company, said it will adjust its global supply chain in accordance with the moves of rivals if the escalating trade war results in higher tariffs for Lenovo products in the U.S.

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