As the trade war continues to affect industries in San Francisco's Chinatown, local businesses are in a precarious position with rising costs and uncertainty. Business owner Nancy Yu reports having to delay shipments due to tariffs inflating shipping costs. Mill Lei, another store owner, notes that customers are stockpiling essentials, anticipating price increases. The overall sentiment is one of survival, as both suppliers and residents adjust their purchasing behaviors in response to the volatile economic landscape stemming from ongoing trade tensions between the US and China.
"We had really good talks with all my suppliers and my shipper, and we all think we should hold my shipment a little bit," Yu said.
"Everybody come to buy the soy sauce, come to buy the rice... come to buy the snacks," said Mill Lei.
Lei says they sometimes rise so fast that she has to change her pricing stickers every few days.
The uncertainty causing Lei to import massive amounts of supplies such as rice before prices rise even more.
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