How can the tabletop gaming industry survive without China?

[Tonguez]

Is this a serious question?

Yes, the implication of "without China' is that China be cut out of the industry entirely, and there is no reason to do that.

Getting around US tariffs is a US specific question, the rest of the world still exists

 

[Deset Gled]

It would be helpful if a trade organization existed to help game manufactures organize. Whether by trying to use group bargaining for pricing, helping negotiate supply chain issues at a larger scale, or just lobbying.

Unfortunately, from what I have heard, GAMA is not that trade organization. Maybe they could be in the future? Or someone else?

 

[Jeff2222]

I think some companies could do a lot more to improve their routes to market to avoid the need for products made mainly in China from passing through the US on their way to the final customer.

I don't live in the US but there are games I would like to buy now which can only be ordered from a US location, so I would end up paying both US tariffs and high-priced US shipping charges. If the company would allow me to buy direct from China that would avoid both problems.

 

[Morrus]

I think some companies could do a lot more to improve their routes to market to avoid the need for products made mainly in China from passing through the US on their way to the final customer.

I don't live in the US but there are games I would like to buy now which can only be ordered from a US location, so I would end up paying both US tariffs and high-priced US shipping charges. If the company would allow me to buy direct from China that would avoid both problems.

Most printers/manufacturers don't ship directly to customers for you. They're not set up as fulfillment centres. They simply make your product and ship a bunch of pallets/containers to your warehouse. We have a warehouse in the US and one in the UK, and I think it would behoove smaller companies to seek fulfillment partners on either side of the Atlantic (even without tariffs), but there's no real advantage in setting up a warehouse and staff in China.