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Toy makers with US manufacturing facilities are getting slammed with orders as the industry scrambles to negotiate a slew of stiff tariffs from the Trump administration, The Post has learned.

Many toys and possible children's gifts are on track to cost almost double by the winter holidays, a major toy manufacturer claims.

Sixty years ago, two organizations were born from a shared vision: to create a global trade landscape that was based on inclusivity, fairness, and shared prosperity. This year, the International Trade Centre (ITC), the Group of 77 and China, and the United Nat...

A foreign purchaser plays piano at a toy expo in Shantou, South China's Guangdong province on Oct 25, 2024. [Photo/VCG]

The sound of a piano rang out inside a newly built international exhibition center in Shantou, Guangdong province, as a musician tickled the "ivory" on a piano made of over 110,000 plastic building blocks.

At the Hongqiao International Economic Forum on 5 November in Shanghai, WTO Deputy Director-General Johanna Hill emphasized the importance of ensuring that “trade remains a lever for lifting all livelihoods”. Delivering a message at a high-level session titled “China and 30 Years of the WTO: History and Evolution,” DDG Hill highlighted WTO members' active discussions on emerging challenges and encouraged China and all WTO members to keep working for a better future for all through the multilateral trading system.

Staff of an exhibitor promote their products through live-streaming during the 2024 China Toy Expo in east China's Shanghai, Oct. 16, 2024. The three-day 2024 China Toy Expo kicked off at Shanghai New International Expo Centre Wednesday, attracting more than 2,500 companies of the toy industry from home and abroad. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)