Chinese businesses are sending increasing volumes of goods to the US via south-east Asia in a bid to evade the tariff wall erected by Donald Trump as part of his trade war, data suggests.

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Southeast Asian nations are offering billions in trade concessions to avoid US tariffs, but these reactive deals provide little lasting protection and risk undermining regional unity.