Asian tech companies set to initiate trade war contingency plans

Tariffs on consumer electronics expected to hit exporters like Taiwan and South Korea

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Tensions are pushing tech suppliers to diversify production out of China.

CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Asia's tech industry is rushing to avert the worst of an all-out trade war after the U.S. announced plans to impose a 25% tariff on more than $300 billion of imports from China, including smartphones and laptop computers.

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