The US-China tariffs dispute is impacting part of California's wine industry - glass bottles, as the wineries are sourcing glass from new manufacturers to control costs, Xinhua reported. "The glass from China has jumped up in price due to tariffs. Our production team is right now sourcing glass from other countries," said Michael Parr, VP of Wente Family Estates in Livermore, N California. "We are going to walk away from glass manufacturers in China and looking now to other countries or in the US," said Parr, who manages the international business for the oldest family-owned winery in California. He added other wineries also are doing the same thing - cancelling glass orders from China and trying to find other glass producers locally or from Mexico, the report said. In an escalation of the trade tensions, Washington increased additional tariffs on US$200bn worth of Chinese imports from 10% to 25%, and has threatened to raise tariffs on more Chinese imports.
