Chinese companies have turned out in force again at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, with their prospects overshadowed by the threat of steeper tariffs from incoming US president Donald Trump.

XPeng's "flying car" and TCL's AI-enhanced television were just a few of the products offered by Chinese companies that have won attention at CES, the annual Las Vegas tech confab.

The potential for Trump's trade policies to roil the global tech industry has loomed large over the event.

Trump campaigned on a threat to impose 60 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, and has reinterated a hardline stance since winning the November election.

Analysts view the threat as at least partly a negotiating tactic, but note that Trump's first term included a bruising trade war with Beijing, including tariffs that were maintained and enhanced during President Joe Biden's tenure.

Chinese companies expressed varying levels of concern about the threat.

"We are worried about Trump's government policy, but we think it might not last long," said Mekia Yang of startup Jitlife, which makes its "smart" suitcases in........

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