Taipei — The new normal of global trade is that there are few safe harbours.

That is the lesson Eclat Textile is learning. The sportswear supplier to Nike and Lululemon Athletica exited China in 2016 as conditions were not ideal for manufacturing, deciding instead to bulk up in Vietnam. Now, as the global trade war heats up, Eclat finds itself vulnerable again and needs to move beyond Vietnam...

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