CCTV News: Recently, the high-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States have made substantial progress and reached an important consensus. Many American companies quickly launched the "rush shipping model" and tried to complete inventory replenishment within the window period. Stonemeyer Games, an American publisher of tabletop games, is one of them.
On the 15th local time, Stonemeyer Games Co-founder and President of Stonemeyer Games Co., Ltd. said in an interview with our reporter that although a temporary "window period" is currently ushering in, the uncertainty of US tariff policies, transportation prices and inventory guarantees are still the biggest problems they face.
For the past 13 years, Stonemeyer Games has always operated by producing game products in China and selling them through local warehouses in the United States. After the high-level economic and trade talks reached an important consensus, the company quickly made adjustments to speed up the shipment of goods previously left in China.
According to data from Vizien Global Maritime Order Tracking System, as of the 14th of the US Eastern Time, after the US tariff policy on China changed, container shipping bookings from China to the US soared by nearly 300%, which led to different degrees of increase in shipping prices from China to the US. This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for American companies that have joined the "raise of luck".
Although the important consensus reached at the high-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States brought positive market reactions, enterprises are still generally worried about the subsequent direction of the policy and have adopted cautious strategies. Stegmaier admitted they are preparing for the holiday sales season at the end of the year, but the company has compressed its replenishment plans to a minimum due to increased tariff uncertainty.
Stegermaier said that although he is worried that the current US government does not have enough ability to establish good economic and trade relations with China and other countries, he still hopes that the US's economic and trade relations with China and other countries can be gradually improved, creating a more stable environment for enterprises to resume normal pace.
