Trade spat shifts business from 'Factory of the World' From socks and sneakers to washing machines, watches and dress shirts, countries across Asia are scooping up manufacturing business as big-name brands shift production from China to dodge punishing US tariffs amid a deepening trade spat between the world's top two economies. Though business has for years been fanning out from the 'Factory of the World' into Vietnam among others, the shift has accelerated as Beijing and Washington ratchet up tit-for-tat tariffs. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES