An aerial drone photo of Xiuying Port, a key part of Haikou Port in Haikou's Xiuying district in south China's Hainan province. Photo: VCG
 

An iPhone that costs about $100 less might not sound like a trade policy story, but in China’s Hainan Island, it is.

As global trade faces rising tariffs and growing protectionism, China is moving in the opposite direction by opening one of its doors wider. That door is Hainan, a tropical island now being positioned as China’s most ambitious experiment in free trade and economic openness.

 
 
 On December 18, the country launched island-wide special customs operations in Hainan, transforming the entire

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